Was at scrapyard today and they had a couple of buckets of end mills from about 1/4" to slightly over 1". Some looked like new, just ground and heat treated. Some were TIN coated and also looked new, some had wax on the flutes.
They are asking $20 per lb and have about 50lb, for a total of $1000. Question is that worth it? $20 sounds too steep.
I did not have a micro with me, but most of the mills did look new.