SCALES the fast way

[Aedinius]

Hiberinicus. I am using .032 thickness, roughly 22 gauge. I wanted to get .025, but they no longer had this type of metal in that thickness anymore. When this metal is heat treated, it has the strength of 14 gauge mild and keeps it shape very well. I had a friend of mine smack one of the scales with a bearded axe and all it did was crease it. Its a bit easier to work with than stainless and to me is not near as bright. It has a nice light blue finish to it. I really like the punching out the scales concept. I think that would be the way to go since it would reduce a lot of clean up compared to grinding them out. Since this metal is super tough, it would take one hell of a punch to able to stamp them out in this type of metal I am using.