Anybody know what these are?

[Mark Knapp]

Do you know what these are? Any body know what kind of steel it is?

As you can see, in this next picture I did a break test on it and it hardened up real hard.

See the grain structure?

 

[bladegrinder]

They might be something from the railroad industry. you might try looking for railroad spikes and clips.

 

[TimGinMN]

They might be something from the railroad industry. you might try looking for railroad spikes and clips.

They might be some sort of wheel chock to keep a rail car from rolling away when disconnected. The flat part would go under the wheel. Just guessing though...

 

[Benjy]

They are "e" clips. they are used to hold down subway car tracks. They are a spring steel, I have a few and have made a couple knives with them. I treated them like 5160. If you search "Subway track E clip" you can get info on them.

 

[TimGinMN]

They are "e" clips. they are used to hold down subway car tracks. They are a spring steel, I have a few and have made a couple knives with them. I treated them like 5160. If you search "Subway track E clip" you can get info on them.

Pandrol rail fasteners | Trains Magazine

Ask Trains from the December 2011 issue

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This one has more technical info on the material - but may not be the same as what you have:

Rail Clips / E Clip / Elastic Rail Clip Erc

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[Mark Knapp]

I knew you guys would know. They did act like 5160 when I hardened them. I suspected they were railroad related. Stuff just shows up around here because people know we make things out of stuff.

Thanks a lot.