Suggestions please as to where I can buy pewter sheet, bar, plate etc. Would I be better of buying old tankards from boot sales and eBay?
cheers
Bob
Pewter
Aug 20, 2006
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Alec Tiranti
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used to sell it in sticks for casting. If you are planning to melt down old tankards, I guess you could use their casting sticks just as well.
It depends what you want the pewter for, the Alec Tiranti stuff I have is Lead free pewter which is safer but in my experience less maleable and 'squeaks' when bent. It's also quite shiny and doesn't seem to take on the mellow grey of real Pewter, even in pieces I made 20 years ago.
Regards
James
maleable
There is a chap on eBay selling pewter ingots:
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No connection with him, just happened to notice it this morning
AWEM
In addition to Titanti's see the Carn Metals web site
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John Ambler Sussex, UK Return E-mails to snipped-for-privacy@skiprat.net
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