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spiral · 18th July 2007, 08:12 PM

Yes thats right Lew, it seemed unusual to me as well & leaves me wondering the reasons why?

Perhaps they only had thin bar stock so had to laminate to get full depth of belly?

Or perhaps it was done to be purely decorative? I dont know.

I have been told old bright steel Knitting pins were often used as one of the laminate materials in such work? But how accurate that is I dont know but it would be a source of thin rods of good high carbon steel, I would think.

Spiral

18th July 2007, 08:12 PM	#3
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Yes thats right Lew, it seemed unusual to me as well & leaves me wondering the reasons why? Perhaps they only had thin bar stock so had to laminate to get full depth of belly? Or perhaps it was done to be purely decorative? I dont know. I have been told old bright steel Knitting pins were often used as one of the laminate materials in such work? But how accurate that is I dont know but it would be a source of thin rods of good high carbon steel, I would think. Spiral Last edited by spiral; 18th July 2007 at 08:44 PM.