Proof Chinese Steel is Weaker – New China-made Hammer fails while vintage American-made Hammer withstands
USA has been sabotaged for decades. Remember it was Nixon who “opened” China, and every single one since then who has embraced the treasonous treachery.
The literal definition of “They don’t make em like they used to”.
Back then, the foundry’s competed to make the hardest, strongest steel possible across the board. Now they compete to find the ‘minimum viable product’
That old hammer was built to a standard , where the Chinese hammer was built to a price .
Now do old USA sledgehammer vs new USA sledgehammer.
100 tons and the rust scale didnt even fall off! Glad you made a keeper out of it, Id be proud to have that in my hammer drawer.
Plot twist: the hydraulic press was made in china.
I don’t think the Chinese hammer was forged. Just cast metal.
Buy America. I have so many tools from 1890-1970 that have outlasted every new tool I’ve purchased.
Considering the flaring on the older sledgehammer, the guys using years ago must have been pretty tough. Even the 100 ton press didn’t affect it.
They start out soft. The more you use them the harder they become. When you hear the term hardened steel it means it has been hammered to make it more durable. You are compressing the molecules that form the metal making it denser. — WRONG. ‘Hardening’ steel is a process of heating it (to around 800-900C), holding it at that temp then quickly quenching (cooling) it in oil or water.
