Krupp - Stahl scale

[Old tool guy]

Cleaning out accumulated “treasures” in my office, found this Krupp scale that was my grandfathers. He scratched his name on it. He was a metallurgist for USSteel in Chicago, retired early 1960’s.

 

[Old tool guy]

 

[cgrutt]

Very cool esp that it was your grandfather's. Just curious what is the knob used for?

 

[Old tool guy]

A handle to pick it up. Without the knob, it would be difficult to get a grip. It’s quite heavy.

 

[Roberts210]

That's a great little scale, and a big plus that it came down through your family.

 

[Debcrow]

On a scale of one to four, I would give that a four. Pretty nice.

 

[PSCo1867]

What a fantastic relic, from a time when US Steel & Krupp were true giants of the industry. It may also have been used by Krupp to promote "V5M", which I'm assuming is a vanadium grade of steel.

 

[y'sguy]

Great keepsake.

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

What a fantastic relic, from a time when US Steel & Krupp were true giants of the industry. It may also have been used by Krupp to promote "V5M", which I'm assuming is a vanadium grade of steel.

I havn.t attempted to do the research lately but is U,S. Steel in Mexico still?

 

[Beerhippie]

On a scale of one to four, I would give that a four. Pretty nice.

I'm going metric--it's a ten!

 

[PSCo1867]

I havn.t attempted to do the research lately but is U,S. Steel in Mexico still?

I'm pretty sure there are no US Steel facilities in Mexico. US Steel was recently bought by Nippon Steel (Japan) . And, Russia has steel mills in the United States......how crazy is that? Yes, they're under the "Made in USA" banner.

 

[Old tool guy]

What a fantastic relic, from a time when US Steel & Krupp were true giants of the industry. It may also have been used by Krupp to promote "V5M", which I'm assuming is a vanadium grade of steel.

Thanks for the info, I had no idea what the marking meant. I wonder if the scale is made of v5m.

 

[RTM]

Thanks for the info, I had no idea what the marking meant. I wonder if the scale is made of v5m.

I was hoping it was. Engineers like to have items (I.e. chunks of odd metals) on their desk, to distract those who come by to make them do more work. Keeping various flavors of Hastelloy, c-22 and Stainless Steel on my desk worked for years. Melted expensive relays were good to keep the electricians distracted.