Jake, I make a lot of my tooling from mild steel then either quench in water, or case harden them. As long as you are forging mild steel thats red hot these will last a long time.
Another cheap way to go is go to harbor freight and buy their cheap hammers ( this is about all I buy there) these have good steel in them and make nice textureing tools.
Or as Ries said go to Kane and Son's, they have a great selection.
Jake, I make a lot of my
Jake, I make a lot of my tooling from mild steel then either quench in water, or case harden them. As long as you are forging mild steel thats red hot these will last a long time.
Another cheap way to go is go to harbor freight and buy their cheap hammers ( this is about all I buy there) these have good steel in them and make nice textureing tools.
Or as Ries said go to Kane and Son's, they have a great selection.
"GRIZZ"