[Jewelry making - Article 00736] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium silver cost

[Trevor F]

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>>    I'm thinking braiding, crochet, knitting, weaving 

>        I suspect that Argentium sterling silver is closer in hardness
>     to conventional sterling than it is to fine silver. .... 

    Quite so, possibly harder under certain conditions. It does however
    give you a noticeably longer working time between anneals. In this
    regard it is more like --but not the same as-- the working properties
    you'd expect from fine silver. 

    I'm not a braider, chocheter, kniter nor weaver so I couldn't say
    whether it would be appropriate for those applications or not. Beth's
    experience and the quality of her work is considerable indeed: I'm
    sure she knows of what she speaks. 

Cheers, 
Trevor F. 
in The City of Light

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