Thanks all, but no one knows what they would have used? I plan on making a
few of them, setting up some spring swages and I'd like to get some round
stock to start with.

Eide

"Eide" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I'm thinking of forging up some caulking irons for some boatbuilding
friends. Any idea what type of steel they're made of? C. Drew made the
"talking irons," and they were/are the best. I would like to make them out
of the same stuff that C. Drew did.

Thanks,
Eide