On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:18:01 -0800, Enoch Root
wrote:

Gunner wrote:

I only found out that this piece was A-2..cause I found another 6"
chunk that hadnt gotten a bit rusty..and printed on it was Oil
Hardening---A2.

That's odd. A2 is air-hardening tool steel.

er


I just had to go look..and under the rust..it indeed says Air..rather
than oil. Dim light and rust. Shrug..Good catch indeed.

Which goes to show how little I know about tool steels

Thanks!

Gunner

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