Home › Forums › Stay Dirty Lounge › Tool Talk › Types of steel used in tools? What’s better? This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 5 months ago by outdoorsman310. Creator Topic July 31, 2012 at 11:00 am #464075 JoshMcParticipant Creator Topic Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) Author Replies August 4, 2012 at 11:00 am #464076 outdoorsman310Participant the heat treatment also affects the steel characteristics alot. Author Replies Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In