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 Posted: Fri Jan 29th, 2010 07:42 am
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Hammerfjord



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 I didn't specialy experienced stainless steel hardness differences like you Jeff: But Again, you got a wider range of quality watches than me and older experience than me for sure... But I constated it on tools I was using on the job: Yes, there's a difference between those steels.
But It can come from many parameters: Even I'm not a science-head in metalurgy, I know that heating&cooling differences as well as carbon presence in different levels, can affect the steel.
I got my favorites tool companies: As I prefer them quality who last and don't fail you with normal use.
I know that the steel made of the iron from Kiruna(north Sweden) is TOP quality: I lived 5 years in the town from where it's shiped, Narvik(Norway)...
You need a case made from this same steel Jeff;)
Here's a link for the interested:http://wikimapia.org/13584265/Kiruna-Iron-Ore-MineThumbsUp02.gif