On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:05:10 +0000 (UTC), with neither quill nor
qualm, Christopher Tidy quickly quoth:

Larry Jaques wrote:
It's sexual humor, Nick. "I saw, I conquered, I came."
Think about it for awhile. I'm sure it'll cum to you.


On this subject, I wanted some data on silver steel tonight. I searched
for "silver steel" and this is what came up:

http://www.silverandsteel.co.uk/ss0.htm

Which one of you guys is responsible? :-D

Ouch! Not I!


By the way, I was wanting to know (very roughly) how much harder silver
steel is compared to mild steel. I can get a good variety of round
silver steel in small quantities, but have had a little difficulty
threading it with a die. Maybe this is just to be expected?

Nevahoiduvit. It's a Brit thing, wot?
Googling "silver steel", I find:

http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/EML1.html?id=p3P3iH8V
http://www.westyorkssteel.com/Produc...eel/silver.htm

1% carbon? Yeah, though I'm no expert on metals, it sounds like it
might be tough to thread.


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