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@punkture
while it is totally true that carbon doesnt just fall apart and is pretty strong, i would say that it is the top quality carbon that you can hit with a hammer and then ride away. Also the hammer test doesnt really take into account the various combination of forces that a fork will be subjected to in a head on polo collision for example. The carbon forks that people would use to play polo with arent normally gonna be top quality and are therefore IMO not gonna last a long life on the polo court although yeah they will probably last for a bit. There are loads of 'one offs' that happen and for the same amount of money you can get really good quality steel forks that will definately last longer than carbon. Theres gotta be a reason that i have never seen someone playing in a polo tourney with carbon forks....buy steel, buy once (for polo)