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43WHAT(WSM Werkzeugstahl) - Hot working, plastic mold steel. Good shock and acceptable wear resistance in hot environments, which has very little to do with knives. Very low working hardness(for a knife) 46HRC max, although at least one source cites 48-52HRC range. Even 52HRC is butter soft for any half decent knife. Still, some makers do use it in knives. I'm puzzled as to why though.
Manufacturing Technology - Ingot
Country - Germany(DE)
- Standard Specs
- AFNOR - Z38CDV5
- AFNOR - X36CrMoV5-1
- AISI - H11
- BS - BH11
- CSN - 19553
- CSN - 19552
- DIN - X37CrMoV5-1
- DIN - 40CrMoV4
- DIN - X38CrMoV5-1
- EN - X27CrMoV51
- GB - 4Cr5MoSiV
- GB - SM4Cr5MoSiV
- GOST - 4KH5MFS
- GOST - 4X5MFS
- IS - XT35Cr5Mo1V3
- JIS - SKD6
- JUS - C.4751
- KS - STD6
- MSZ - K12
- PN - WCL
- STAS - 39VSiMoCr52
- UNE - X37CrMoV5
- UNI - X37CrMoV5-1KU
- UNI - UD12
- UNS - T20811
- W-Nr - 1.7784
- W-Nr - 1.2340
- W-Nr - 1.2343
- Proprietary Equivalents
- Allegheny Ludlum - PotomacA
- Aubert & Duval - DH11
- Aubert & Duval - SMV3F
- Aubert & Duval - SMS3
- Aubert & Duval - ADC3
- Aubert & Duval - BMV4
- Aubert & Duval - SMV3
- Bohler-Uddeholm - Vidar Superior
- Bohler-Uddeholm - Vidar 1ESR
- Boncato - B43
- Daido - DHA-WORLD
- EST - YTR50
- Eschmann-Stahl - ESMaximum500
- Eschmann-Stahl - ES235W
- Kind & Co - USN
- Latrobe - Dycast-VAR
- Latrobe - Dycast
- Lohmann - LO-W 2343
- Lucefin Group - X37CrMoV5-1
- Metal Ravne - UTOPMO1
- Metal Ravne - RAVNEX
- Ossenberg - EPS51
- Poldi - TLHG
- Poldi - TLH
- Poldi - TLH EFS
- SSAB - Toolox44
- Secosar - RDC2
- Secosar - RDC2 Micro 900BG
- Thyssen-Krupp-FR - SPAL38
NOTE - Approximate composition based on manufacturer's or standard reference information and other alloys in the same reference group is shown.
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