Does anyone know what these are?

[Mark Knapp]

Do you know what these are? Any body know what kind of steel it is?

As you can see, in this next picture I did a break test on it and it hardened up real hard.

See the grain structure?

 

[i4Marc]

They are "e" clips. They secure train tracks to the sleepers. Take a look here:

http://www.railroadfasteners.com/elastic-rail-clip.html

 

[SharpByCoop]

Yup.

 

[chugokujin]

9260 from what lil ive read and heard. There was a youtube video of a smith forging one out. Came out hard after quenching as you've said. They're used on all of the tracks here in NYC.

 

[Mark Knapp]

They are "e" clips. They secure train tracks to the sleepers. Take a look here:

http://www.railroadfasteners.com/elastic-rail-clip.html

Thanks a lot, looks almost exactly like 5160. I teach a lot of new smiths using salvaged materials and this will work great for that.

 

[Mark Knapp]

Mystery solved. I suspected that they were railroad related. Stuff just shows up around here because people know we make things from stuff.
Thanks a lot everybody.

 

[Mark Knapp]

9260 from what lil ive read and heard. There was a youtube video of a smith forging one out. Came out hard after quenching as you've said. They're used on all of the tracks here in NYC.

Close but it looks a little closer to 5160. Thanks a lot.

 

[chugokujin]

The Si content in these clips are higher than that of 5160. Its good stuff nonetheless. Glad to help