Favorite steel for hammer forging

[The Alchemist]

What are your favorite steels for hammer forging?

 

[Kentucky]

making hammers? 1045,4140 and 4150 but plain old 1045 makes a fine hammer.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

If you mean forging with a hammer, W2, 1084, Cruforge V.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Forum acting up triple post

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

triple post

 

[Fred.Rowe]

I like W2 and 5160 along with the ten series steels. I just love to forge and will beat on about anything that even looks hard.

 

[Greenberg Woods]

I like W2 and 5160 along with the ten series steels. I just love to forge and will beat on about anything that even looks hard.

And here I thought working with hardwood afforded opertunities for dirty jokes...