I can see what your saying and I wouldn't expect the P20 to show any signs of damage against mild steel either. The reason being mild steel has a Brinell hardness of about 120 with sod all alloys but Hardox will have a minimum of 400 Brinell with lots of alloys and is designed to be wear and impact resistant so the results could be different.Little spinners teeth at the last event were case hardened P20.. when they hit satanix they dug about 5mm into the mild steel then snaped there own titanium bar/disc... the p20 didnt even scuff.
I was only suggesting that hard edges could chip and therefore lose the nitrided layer and expose the softer material underneath.
I am actually quite intrigued to find out what the effects would be and how nitrided P20 would stand up.
My interest comes from the fact that I do heat treatment for a living, in fact I work here http://ht.bodycote.com/?OB=81&POB=276&ID=352
Ian




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