[TheForge] -Hay rake tines

[Andy Gladish]

Cool, thanks- I totally missed that.

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:12:51 -0700, David E. Smucker  
<davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Andy,  Note in the chart that the strength values for 1095 are for a
> normalized condition, while the ones for W 1 are for queched and  
> tempered at
> 400 F.   The 1095 as shown has a hardness of 285 Brinell while the W 1  
> has a
> hardness of Rockwell C of 60.  You can convert the Rockwell C of 60 to
> Brinell of about 635 or the Brinell of 285 to a Rockwell C of about 28.
> Tensile Strength is directly related to Brinell, the higher the Brinell  
> the
> higher the tensile strength.  Hard W 1 or 1095 is very strong, and  
> brittle
> as hell.
>
> For most blacksmithing purposes they are the same steel.
>
> Dave