Quote Originally Posted by ScottGoodman View Post
Mike,
Bainite vs martensite? I bet very few of us have have bainite straights. This would be one of those"leave it to the professionals " IMO. Less chippy would be good, Hart went through a growth stage.
Take this unverified informatio fwiw, but I have been told that the water hardened wootz razor I recently sold was likely bainite. Timothy Mitchell says that a water hardened wootz razor has a bainite edge instead of martensite. Oil quench or other steel will result in martensite.
It 'did' etch differently. Very noticeably so.
I discussed it with Howard and he said it 'could' be true but we'd need proper analysis to know with certainty.