[Sca-cooks] OT - Phlip - How would you buy steel?

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

Sorry, but I can't find Phlip's address handy - 
Phlip (or anyone else with an opinion): 
If you were an armorer in the middle ages, how would you acquire the metal
you worked into your wares?  What quantity/measure would you be working
with?
Thanks,
Christianna
 'cause, you'd need it to make pots and pans with, yeah, there's the OFC :)