On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:01:28 -0500, Ignoramus22127
wrote:

On 2015-07-19, technomaNge wrote:
On 07/18/2015 03:32 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:

The old wire should be good scrap steel for someone.
Martin

Will make a great fence when strung between poles

Hey could sell it to a Yuppie "artist" for lots of money.


I wonder if it would be good sword material?

It would be a good "plow" material, being made from "Extra Enhanced
Plow Steel".

i

"Plow steel" is plain carbon steel, medium- to hight-carbon. It's an
old term but today it applies mostly to the steel used in wire rope.

Most wire rope steel is around 1050; rarely over 1070. Higher carbon
is stronger, but it also has less ductility and elongation. So
breaking a few fibers becomes more of a risk, because it stretches
less before breaking, so it gives you less warning when it's ready to
break.

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Ed Huntress