Yeah kinda seems like they compared apples to oranges so they could support a certain opinion.So what does this prove? Are they the same steel alloy, possible differences in how they were produced.
Curious how much work hardening the old hammer had.
Maybe some knifemakers on here could chime in?
I don't know. I'll shoot off an e-mail to Xi.Was the old one forged while the new one looked cast…that might make the difference