Hi.... Could someone help me with the difference between these metals and which is best for guards and bolsters.
I talked with a maker from the east coast of Canada at the Cdn, Guild show a few weeks ago and he had a few knives with guards that he made from the bronze bearings of a fishing trawler. The colour was stunning and made the brass on other knives seem lack-luster.
I picked up a couple of bars of bronze at a salvage yard today and can not wait to get at them. The dealer identified one as bronze and the other as bronze with magnesium and said this second one is hard as hell on bandsaw blades. They also had some"marine bronze" which he said was the best quality of all but it was only in round bar.
The reason I am confused is at other salvage yards I have been told brass and bronze are the same thing.
I appologize for the "book" thanks in advance.
Jim Ziegler
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I talked with a maker from the east coast of Canada at the Cdn, Guild show a few weeks ago and he had a few knives with guards that he made from the bronze bearings of a fishing trawler. The colour was stunning and made the brass on other knives seem lack-luster.
I picked up a couple of bars of bronze at a salvage yard today and can not wait to get at them. The dealer identified one as bronze and the other as bronze with magnesium and said this second one is hard as hell on bandsaw blades. They also had some"marine bronze" which he said was the best quality of all but it was only in round bar.
The reason I am confused is at other salvage yards I have been told brass and bronze are the same thing.
I appologize for the "book" thanks in advance.
Jim Ziegler
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