Best steel bars according to redditors

http://www.amazon.com/Rectangular-Precision-Ground-Thickness-Length/dp/B00CZDPBDQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418599031&sr=8-2&keywords=O1+tool+steel

Amazon ships globally?

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Those nails are six inches? Those are longer than any I have, I'll definitely pick some up.

For the crs, would something like this work if I cut it?

And unlike the nails, they're reusable, right?

Steel would probobly be cheaper and easier to buy, then either paint or plate with brass. This said, i think buying a solid metal bar into a cane would make it monstrously heavy.

I've found somewhere that sells brass hex tubing, but it expect it will be very expensive.

I think a better option would be to get a solid plastic rod, then with a homemade jig, cut it into a hexagon, then paint it brass.