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  Tool Steel  Specifications Comprehensive stocks held of tool steel, including hot work, cold work and plastic mould tool steel specifications. Below we detail our most common grades. Other British Standard and international special steels and tool steels are also available, please contact our sales office. Contact us for those hard to find tool steel specifications.  General purpose oil hardening tool steel which hardens at a relatively low temperature with  minimum distortion.  High carbon high chromium tool steel giving a good hardness with added toughness. This steel  can be vacuum hardened when minimum distortion is required.  Similar steel to D2 tool steel, this steel attains a slightly higher hardness and has good abrasion  resistance.  Popular European high carbon high chromium tool steel, with high hardness achievability and  good abrasion resistance, akin to D3 tool steel.  Air hardening tool steel which is easier to machine than D2 or D3 but offers high abrasion  resistance with good toughness.  5% chromium hot work tool steel. This steel is air hardening with very little distortion. H13 tool steel  can be vacuum hardened and may be water cooled in service.  Excellent tough and shock resisting tool steel, with good abrasion resistance. When hardened   S1 has a good cutting ability with great toughness  Pre-hardened high tensile steel which is readily machineable. P20 can also give a higher hardness  than its supply condition and can be nitrided.  4.25% nickel steel, which achieves a good through hardness. 1.2767 is capable of taking a good   polish and is commonly used as a plastic mould steel.  General purpose high speed steel. M2 which offer good wear resistance and superior toughness  and machineability.  13% chromium stainless steel which will achieve a high hardness. 420 stainless steel  gives a good polish and is resistant to attack from corrosive plastics. 1.2842 tool steel  A cold work tool steel which has high dimensional stability when heat treated, with good resistance   to cracking.    A high quality cobalt molybdenum high speed steel, suitable cor components that require high   hardness and superior cutting performance. Available forms: