On Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:16:45 PM UTC-8, mike wrote:
On 11/10/2013 2:34 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:





Once you've seen enough cheap Chiwanese crapmetals, you'll begin to

discern real, usable tools from crap pretty easily.

Ok, but that's not helpful.

The objective was to learn what to look for.

And specifically, is there any chance that the shiny silver

looking stuff could be hardened?

You can't really tell by looking. You have to test it. Larry Jackass told you to test it. That's about the best advice you're going to get. I hate to side with Larry Jackass but it's so rare he's right. Every dog has its day. This was Larry's day.