The grade itself is a hypereutectic steel and with the carbon content of around 1% capable to deliver 66HRC easily, after the quench.

Now since you didn't forge or fire weld it, meaning you do stock removal only, you can expect the steel to be annealed correctly.

Aldelbaran 31/07/2010 nel sito Il Rasoio.com (http://www.ilrasoio.com)