Mistress Info

I asked:

"Does anyone know what kind of steel at what Rockwell hardness was used in the puncture test where the Battle Mistress punctured through half an inch plate with no point damage?"

Andrew Answered:

"All Battle Mistresses are INFI. The RC was 58-60."

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Thanks, Andrew, but I was trying to ask, "What kind of steel at what hardness did the Battle Mistress puncture?"
 
Originally posted by Evolute
Thanks, Andrew, but I was trying to ask, "What kind of steel at what hardness did the Battle Mistress puncture?"
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Sorry about that, I should have read more carefully :o :o

I have no idea what kind of steel was punctured.
 
We used a standard cold rolled barstock. . I belive it is 1018.

There were NO Battle Mistresses ever released with the MP-45 handles.

Thanks for posting this Idaho.

Now, what's that song?

Memmmmmories. . . like the corner of my shop. . . . full of micarta and grit and INFI dust. . . . something like that.. . .
 
"We used a standard cold rolled barstock. . I belive it is 1018."

Puncturing 1/2 inch thick of decent steel with no tip damage! Holy smokes, that's impressive! I'm being overcome with the temptation to puncture junked cars with my BM. (Of course, I'm not powerful enough to drive my BM through 1/2 inch thick steel by hand.)

Apparently, the original Battle Mistress tip was plenty strong. Why did you switch to the drop point tip? Did the tip need greater strength for handling lateral stresses and torque? Or did you just want to make absolutely the strongest design possible?
 
I'm interested to find out why there was a switch to the drop point, too. Hopefully, Jerry will chime in here. :cool:
 
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