Several SmZrCoFeCu 2:17 master-alloys were melted in a vacuum furnace, crushed to coarse powders and jet milled in an AFG100 down to a particle size of ~6 µm. The compositions of these fine powders were verified by chemical analysis. The fine powders were blended in order to meet the composition (wt%) Sm25Zr3Co49Fe19Cu5 and Sm25Zr3Co45Fe23Cu5. The fine powders were oriented in a magnetic field of 13 kA cmˉ1 and pressed isostatically at 250 MPa. The green compacts were sintered at 1190 °C, homogenized at 1,160 °C and quenched to room temperature. The samples were annealed at 870 °C and cooled slowly with a cooling rate of about 1 °C minˉ1 to 400 °C.