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    Freepost is up!

    off to play with my basket

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    Yay!! Great timing for me too.
    Di x

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    Well that was fun
    My bank card is now crying quietly in the corner.....

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    Don't even go there petal

    I can't tell you how much I lust after some more equipment - the only think that's saving my poor little debit card from more agony is the lack of safe space to put it!

    But don't we just love what we're doing!

    Good thing I don't have a shoe habit.....

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    Feeling the urge to splurge.
    I'm toying with the idea of getting some Argentium wire (amongst other things).
    I'm just wondering, when it says harder, how much harder is it?
    Can you work with it as it comes?

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    Hi Lesley. It comes perfectly workable!! I only make earwires with mine but I've never had a problem!
    I think it means it is harder than sterling when finished! Have a look at this link to see the heat hardening process explained... http://www.argentiumsilver.info/inde...ning-processes

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    Thanks, Barbara.
    I won't be heating or soldering. I've been tempted for a while so won't take much persuading.

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    Lesley, as far as I can work out from the few bits I've played with, it's no harder when it's being worked, if anything, it's slightly softer IMO. However, you can heat harden it afterwards, creating a stronger finished piece. If you don't go through this process, the finished piece is pretty much like sterling (though a bit more tarnish resistant).

    I'd love to know from someone who's done a lot of work with it if this is actually the case.
    Last edited by mizgeorge; 28-08-2009 at 12:51 PM. Reason: typo

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    Interesting, thanks.
    To be honest it's the tarnish resistance that appeals more than anything else.
    I hate to think of things getting dirty when they're out of my "care" - in a box with anti tarnish tab, in an airtight bag, all stacked up in an airtight container.
    Obsessive?......definitely.

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    the thing that attracts me to it is the notion that it doesn't blacken on some people's skin like sterling does. My husband can only wear silver for an hour before it really is jet black.

    Am I right in thinking this isn't the case with Argentium?
    Di x

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