[Regia-NA] veil pins

[nathan]

What grade silver (sterling,fine,?), how thick are the pin shanks, are they
hammer-drawn (gradual taper) or smooth (round with a 'sharp' point at the end?

Odds are that the pins are simple silver wire (as opposed to rod or cast), there
isn't a huge amount you can do to silver to harden it either:
heat and leave to cool slowly (typically innefective, not reccmended at all) or
work harden (usually a better idea) light taps (ideally) with a polished hammer
face on a polished surface.

Sorry, probably not a lot of help.
N.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-regia-na-admin@lig.net [mailto:list-regia-na-admin@lig.net]On
> Behalf Of J Hill
> Sent: 12 October 2003 10:25
> To: RegiaNA
> Subject: [Regia-NA] veil pins
>
>
> I have some lovely silver flower headed veil pins.  However, they have a
> problem... they bend if you look at them!  They will not stay in the veil,
> at all.
> Is there a way to stiffen up the shaft of the pin?  Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Hill
> Ælfgifu
> Wes ðu hal.
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