[TheForge] Steel ID question

[Dave Brown]

At 23:03 02/06/04, you wrote:
>This week I had a friend give me a couple hinge pins off of a CAT.
>
>Does anyone know what these are made of? I think they would made good hammer
>heads or trip hammer dies, if I knew what they were and how to heat treat.
>
>Robert Ehrenberger

I can't recall exactly what they're made of, but I do recall a few things 
that have been said over the years on this list and some things I heard 
from a demonstrator (Robb Gunter?) at a GoM Conference.

They are about 40pts carbon, high wear resistant steel, excellent for 
hammers, hardy tools, set hammers, etc...


Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI