In order to correlate hardness Pm by the spherical indenter with the flow stress Y, it is necessary to determine the total mean strain of the indentation, which corresponds to the total strain in a uniaxial stress field. Firstly, the total mean strain of the indentation εic is defined, by means of multiplying the total corresponding strain coefficient of the indentation Cεc by the total profile coefficient of the indentation (d/Dc) at the end of the plastic flow of a specimen ; εic=Cεc (d/Dc). Then Hardness/Flow stress ratio C is obtained experimentally, C=9.8 Pm/Y, Y in MPa, and formulated as follows ; C=1.1+(2/3) ln (εic·Es/Y), Es is the Young's modulus of a specimen. Further, an example of the flow stress-strain characteristic curve of SUS 304 specimen is shown in a wide range of the strain by means of a calculation using this formula and the former reported formula ; Pm=Pup(d/Dp)xp, etc..