Should either a tensile or a bend test fail, two further tests of the type which failed may be made on test pieces cut from the same forging. If the results obtained from these retests are satisfactory, the forgings shall be accepted, provided that in other respects they fulfil the conditions laid down above for steel forgings. If these retests do not give satisfactory results the forgings represented may be re-heat-treated together with the remainder of the test blocks and presented for further testing.

In all cases where final retests do not give satisfactory results, the forgings represented by the test pieces which fail shall be rejected.