*Steel Cutting Note*
*Steel is sold by the foot*, (EX: A quantity of 3 is for a single 3 foot bar.) we receive the bars in 3 foot lengths. Please provide cutting instructions in the shopping cart left of the total price in the box "Special instructions for seller". Anything over 3 feet will cost extra for shipping and will be cut. If you do not provide specific cutting instructions and order more then 4 feet, bars will be cut in half. CPM steels will come in uncut 3 foot lengths if full bars are ordered (3,6,9 feet etc.) Example: An order quantity of 8 in 1095 .125"x 2" will result in four 2 foot bars. 7 foot order will have two 2 footers and a 3 footer. Please comment/ contact to change.*
Info about Shirogami (White paper #1) from manufacturer.
Shirogami, or White Paper#1, is an excellent forging steel especially due to it’s purity and lack of chromium or tungsten as found in the Blue Paper steels from Hitachi. Also known as Ao-Ko or Ao-ichi-ko, it carries as much carbon as Blue Paper #1 (1.3%-1.4% C) just without the additional fanfare making it one of the purest carbon steels on the market. Just like with other Hitachi Paper steels it is excellent for forged cutlery and tools of all types.