• See under Shear.
Shear steel See under Shear . 
Shear steel is a variety of steel in which the metal has been forged into bars, these bars cut into pieces and arranged cross-wise before being reforged into the final steel. This process produces a very hard form of steel with a web-like texture in the metal, and is used where a hard, sharp edge is required such as for shears.
Steel produced by forge welding together several bars of blister steel, providing a more homogeneous product.
Before the development of Crucible Steel, Blister Steel was forged by repeated folding and forge welding to mix the areas of high and low carbon steel. Shear Steel was the lowest quality generally created and further folding and welding created Double Shear Steel. Long regarded as ideal for blades and cutting edges, primarily because the slag trapp...
Steel produced by forge welding together several bars of blister steel, providing a more homogeneous product.