Help needed with adzes and steel

This looks like the same maker that someone asked about previously but they linked to ebay that time, wouldn’t be surprised if they sold on both. Here’s the review: http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/3729

Also I’m not sure that’s two different kinds of steel. Those are Cyrillic characters in the second part. Why not try asking the seller about the steel? I see in one of the listings for the separate adze it just says “AISI-4150 HRC 50-55” for the steel. I’m guessing what you saw is just a language barrier.

I’m thinking unless you find a deal on a vintage adze, that might be your best bet for a budget adze. Let us know how you like it if you get one.

Definitely check him out on ebay – his price seems a bit lower there. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SET-OF-THREE-WOOD-CARVING-BOWL-ADZE-TOOLS-STRAIGHT-BIG-SMALL-CURVED-ADZE-/141612192921
Or his website: http://axessive.com/

Sorry I can’t help you with the steel question. It does kind of seem like there is only one kind of steel – on the Ebay page it says Excellent steel – AISI-4150 or ГОСТ-50X HRC~ 50-55
HRC means Rockwell hardness of 50-55, and it looks to me like AISI4150 and ГОСТ-50X are two ways of describing the same steel, like Tim says. And on his website he only mentions AISI 4150.

Since I wrote that review I’ve used it quite a bit more and am still very happy (recently bought another one with less curve to the blade).

-- Jeremy, in the Acadian forests