"Ignoramus22929" wrote in
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Take a magnet to Walmart or bed Bath or whatever.

There is nothing really wrong with 400 stainless flatware, it cleans
well and you can eat soup with it just fine. But the look is not as
nice as 300 series.

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Just be careful to keep the magnet away from your credit cards.

You could clamp two butter knives upright by the tips in a vise and
see if heating one makes it bend more easily after cooling, and the
effect of quenching it from however hot you can heat it.

Welding stores sell stainless steel wire that is stiff yet bendable
enough to wind into rustproof coil springs.
https://www.arc-zone.com/stainless-s...ig-rod-er-308l

-jsw