416 Stainless Steel Rod 3/16" Diameter 6" long Pin Stock for knife handle material, bolsters, metal craft & metal working hobbies, Set of 2 Pieces

Used this for pins in a knife handle. It works fine.

What more can you say? It fit the description!

Overall, it was a good purchase and it worked well. The diameter and length were accurate. The price wasn't bad either. As others have stated, there will be 1/4 to 1/2 inch on each rod that can't be used due to to crimping when it's sheared from a longer rod.

what I wanted and they work

Excellent products, exactly what I was wanting

Unlike the image in the ad, this arrived with a crusty exterior, and porous/pitted subsurface, as well as pinched ends that must then be cut back to get to usable, circular profiles. Removing the scale and some of the pitting results in a much smaller diameter. Basically, you're buying raw material that you'll need to dimension and finish yourself, so size-up and have tools and skills ready. Or just don't buy this. I wouldn't.

The ends have been sheared off instead of sawed. This leaves the parts ~1/2" shorter than the advertised length as they are distorted and bent due to the shearing.

I ordered this product here on Amazon because my preferred knife supply store was out of 416 stainless pinstock in 3/16" size.The rods that I received are infact 3/16" in diameter and the described 6" in length (2 pieces).That is all fine and dandy but I was rather disappointed in the fact that these pieces are clearly sheared off of a longer rod and no effort to clean up the ends was made. If you intend to use these as pins for your knife handle then please be aware you will not be able to use about 1/4" on either end. The ends are heavily deformed and of slightly larger size than 3/16" because of the shear.Perhaps I have been spoiled by proper knife supply stores but at this price point (a fair bit higher than elsewhere for 12" combined length) it is disappointing if not even irritating. It got me out of a pinch but next time I'll likely just wait for it to be back in stock elsewhere.