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hey i have alot of rail spikes would that contrast well with 5160?

i thought about cutting a bunch of the heads off and cutting it length wise and cubing it up for when i finnaly get into trying to make some damascus
 
bartblade,
I tested some railroad spikes for Joe (Valimas) a while back and they were low carbon. .3 or I think but I can't remember for sure. Maybe he might.
 
mdoyle said:
bartblade,
I tested some railroad spikes for Joe (Valimas) a while back and they were low carbon. .3 or I think but I can't remember for sure. Maybe he might.
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:confused: wasn't me I had cable come out at .55 C.Thanks again Matt
IIRC .3 carbon is right on for HC spikes
 
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