and these properties could change with different forging processes? like how mizuno uses a “grain flow” process that supposedly reduces the little pockets of air in the metal?

grain flow is basically just the direction of the grain. think of it like cooking two pots of soup…in one pot, you stir the soup clockwise; in the other, counterclockwise with an up and down motion that allows vertical mixing as well as rotational. both have the same ingredients, but they are mixed differently and may taste slightly different.

now, turn up the heat on one of them and more water evaporates out. now, you have varying properties. one is an ASTM 1020 vegetable soup and the other is an ASTM 1026 vegetable soup.

also, if mizuno claims their grain flow process reduces air, they are producing a denser steel. the same weight mizuno shaft could have a smaller cross sectional area of steel than a competitor’s. that changes the stiffness of the shaft too.

changing the carbon content from 0.17% to 0.23% is a 35% increase in carbon content. both can still be ASTM 1020, but that range could be your softness difference between manufacturers.

and these properties could change with different forging processes? like how mizuno uses a “grain flow” process that supposedly reduces the little pockets of air in the metal?

both can still be ASTM 1020, but that range could be your softness difference between manufacturers.

…assuming all dimensional properties remain constant (outside diameters, inside diameters, tapers, lengths, etc.).

Carbon, C 0.17 – 0.230 %
Iron, Fe 99.08 – 99.53 %
Manganese, Mn 0.30 – 0.60 %
Phosphorous, P <= 0.040 %
Sulfur, S <= 0.050 %

changing the carbon content from 0.17% to 0.23% is a 35% increase in carbon content. both can still be ASTM 1020, but that range could be your softness difference between manufacturers.

youre the stainless cardinal. the forged pontiff.

you don’t even know how much that means to me.

/bathes in respect and recognition I’m finally getting

you didn’t even know rolled stell wasn’t in the Bible. YOU KNOW NOTHING.

hahaha…clearly, im out of my league here. youre the stainless cardinal. the forged pontiff.

it’s all relative yo…i CERTAINLY know more than you. your audio palate is GUTTER TRASH, miz. gutter trash.

you didn’t even know rolled stell wasn’t in the Bible. YOU KNOW NOTHING.

and my palate is hella refined. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder? Mike Snider!? gtfo, ohninetysicks.

agreed you know jack shit about music.

it’s all relative yo…i CERTAINLY know more than you. your audio palate is GUTTER TRASH, miz. gutter trash.

Auerbach did a great job producing Dr. John’s latest album.

i feel like i know jack shit about music.

agreed you know jack shit about music.

i like to imagine jesus as a frustrated time traveller dumped in an illiterate part of the world

Jesus was THE DOCTOR?!?

Really? The best band to come out of NE Ohio since Crack the Sky?!

black keys are from NE Ohio and i like em plenty. NIN started in the cleve too. bobby womack.

but yea, never heard of em. it kinda sucks having such a wide range of music tastes since you miss a ton while looking elsewhere…i feel like i know jack shit about music.