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Technically NOT a tool steel, but a spring steel. Tool steels will always have a letter designation......O for oil quench W for water D for die steel S for shock absorbing steel T for high temperature work steel. L for low alloy tool steel (I think) M for machine steel (I think). Tool steels are generally steels that are used to make other tools. They need higher wear resistance than regular carbon spring steels, and as such have alloying content.
Just a technicality. I don't know how many times I hear people calling 1095 or 1084 a tool steel. But it really isn't. From what I understand about 1085, it has just a bit more Mn for deeper hardening than 1084. As for the "C"....just to make others think they have some special steel.
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