Lead in brass

Hengelo_77

Hengelo_77

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I got some brass and noticed its composition: CuZn39Pb3
So it has 3% lead, would it be a health hazard?
I'm talking pin stock and shadow disks on slipjoints.
 
Maybe if you sucked on it...
But then again any level of lead is not good so, I dunno.

If I were making a knife for me, I wouldn't think twice about it. If I were making it to sell, I would avoid using anything that has lead in it.
 
Lead free brass is a big deal in plumbing. Probably not as big a deal in brass for knives. Lead is no joke a health hazard when it comes to ingestion.
 
You have free machining brass, there are other options that have no lead in them.

Garlic supplements are supposed to help chelate lead out of your system if you think you have any.

Hoss
 
I get a big chuckle about folks who worry about lead in brass and stuff, and then talk about all their shooting experience and guns. I bet they get 1000 times the exposure from shooting, cleaning guns, and handling ammo than from working with free machining brass.

That said, if you are grinding or sanding down any metal, regardless of lead content, you should be wearing a good respirator.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
I get a big chuckle about folks who worry about lead in brass and stuff, and then talk about all their shooting experience and guns. I bet they get 1000 times the exposure from shooting, cleaning guns, and handling ammo than from working with free machining brass.

That said, if you are grinding or sanding down any metal, regardless of lead content, you should be wearing a good respirator.
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I am addicted to suppressors LOL!!!! Garlic must be keeping me alive!!! I am addicted to that too! LOL!!!
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
I get a big chuckle about folks who worry about lead in brass and stuff, and then talk about all their shooting experience and guns. I bet they get 1000 times the exposure from shooting, cleaning guns, and handling ammo than from working with free machining brass.

That said, if you are grinding or sanding down any metal, regardless of lead content, you should be wearing a good respirator.
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I used to close split shot lead fishing weights with my teeth when I was a teenager, lol. Maybe that's what's wrong with me.
 
??? Is there another way to close split-shot?

You gave me a very happy memory of my young days in New Hampshire. :)
I remember my little round tin of split-shot. When I was 5 or 6, I would go down to the brook to fish for "brookies". (small brook trout). I kept half a dozen split-shot, two tiny hooks, and about 6 feet of braided line in the little round tin. Those items and a thin branch made a fishing rod.
 
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