On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:32:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Tim Lamb wrote:
In message
, NT
writes
On Jun 14, 7:22 pm, Frederick Williams
wrote:
NT wrote:

Ordinary iron wire will notch cutters quickly, if you want to do it
deliberately.

That sounds implausible, iron is rather soft.

try it then

*iron* fencing wire can be soft or, in the high tensile version ******
hard.


if its hard its steel. No matter what its CALLED.

At school in the (very) late 50s "Archie" Campbell had us believe
that "tinplate" was "tinned sheet iron".

Most proper conventional pliers have provision for shearing hard wires
next to the fulcrum 'joint'. There are also some 'wire cutters' with
a double nipping action and harder jaws especially for such as piano
wire.

--
Frank Erskine