I've received a PM from another member who states that it works very well. He considers it safer since you can shoot it at an angle, so as to avoid being over the pot.

My spring steel comes from an assortment of old leg-hold traps. They were very inexpensive at an auction. Lot's of different thicknesses on the different sizes.

Cadmium. Great. Just what I need.

OK, now, am I understanding you that annealing is not necessary before you polish for case-coloring?

Last edited by Ken61; 05/16/15 03:31 PM.
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.