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Old 10-18-2017, 07:35 AM
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Yes, pure nickel will work with most alloys, but it's not without it's own issues. Pure nickel is not hardenable, and it has a limited amount of "stretch" before it will "fracture". It's obviously the top end in "eye appeal", but the trade off is the non-hardenable aspect of it.


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