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Silver vs Nickel
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<blockquote data-quote="howellhandmade" data-source="post: 3630" data-attributes="member: 14"><p>Nickel is an attractive metal -- sometimes I use nickel silver, actually an alloy of nickel, tin, and brass (I think) instead of silver for rings. It polishes to a beautiful finish, oxidizes very slowly, and is inexpensive enough that I can cut rings from bar stock. For spigots, I think silver would be more malleable, and that nickel in this application is likely to be plating over brass.</p><p></p><p>Jack</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="howellhandmade, post: 3630, member: 14"] Nickel is an attractive metal -- sometimes I use nickel silver, actually an alloy of nickel, tin, and brass (I think) instead of silver for rings. It polishes to a beautiful finish, oxidizes very slowly, and is inexpensive enough that I can cut rings from bar stock. For spigots, I think silver would be more malleable, and that nickel in this application is likely to be plating over brass. Jack [/QUOTE]
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