01-23-2009, 11:58 AM
I do have to say Paolo and Jef that you are both talking way above my head on this subject, I do of course respect both of your expertise in what you are both putting forward. What of course interests me about brass or bronze for that matter, is indeed it's malubility for when I have made many things in the past the modern materials I get just don't give me the same results as that achieved by ancient craftsmen. The thing I find today is I cannot get a brass with much lead content hardly even 1.25%, then on the other hand I some times get an old piece of brass from a scrap yard which behaves wonderfully. I have to also say that some material I get gives off a beautifull Green flame when I anneal, and that stuff works well would that green flame be sink I wonder. When one looks at the link I gave to the original Trimontium helmet that I had the pleasure of measureing, the upper third area of that is paper thin, that suggested a very workable brass for the neck guard and peek are around 22 gauge and the top of the bowl is only in the reagion of 5/thou of an inch thick.
Brian Stobbs
