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Can one of you possibly answer this guy's question? Asked of me through one of my eBay listings.
I also bought something very interesting. It's a piece of what
appears to be stainless steel. It looks *exactly* like the iron
bars they put in concrete for reinforcement, but it is
definitely not iron. It is "cane" length and has been fashioned
into a walking cane with the top bent over to look exactly like
a cane. So that means it can be heated and bent. It has the
following "code" on it which appears to look like "welded
writing" (if there is such a thing). It says "CR-R19." This
thing shines like sterling silver, it rings like a bell when you
tap on it with a piece of metal, and my best file can't put a
scratch on it. It is definitely "solid" (not "cast). You can
tell by the cuts at each end. This was cut by a large
industrial fabricator's cutter (I've seen them in use). The cut
is clean, but obviously a "cut." The metal inside looks
identical to the outside. Although I don't know what it is, I
*do know* that this is not cast. It is also *very heavy* at
bout 8 pounds. It's the "bell" noise that I find interesting,
plus also if you hold it in the center and tap on it, not only
do you hear the bell (albeit muted by holding it), you can feel
the vibration running up and down the thing.
Like I said, it has obviously been bent because it has been
fashioned into a cane, but I cannot bend the full length of it,
and like I said, my *best* file won't touch it! (The guy wanted
five bucks, I offered him three and we settled on four bucks).
What do you think it is? Again, it looks *exactly* like
concrete reinforcement, has the appearance of polished silver
(including the cuts on either end), and it is so hard I cannot
touch it with a file. (I don't have a torch here although I plan
on getting one. I bought a used, but complete torch without the
gas lines for 10 bucks).
My assumption is that you would make a carbon determination
based on how it reacts to being melted by the torch, water
quenched, and then hit with a hammer Yes? (As it is right now,
it *laughs* at a sledge hammer!)
I also bought something very interesting. It's a piece of what
appears to be stainless steel. It looks *exactly* like the iron
bars they put in concrete for reinforcement, but it is
definitely not iron. It is "cane" length and has been fashioned
into a walking cane with the top bent over to look exactly like
a cane. So that means it can be heated and bent. It has the
following "code" on it which appears to look like "welded
writing" (if there is such a thing). It says "CR-R19." This
thing shines like sterling silver, it rings like a bell when you
tap on it with a piece of metal, and my best file can't put a
scratch on it. It is definitely "solid" (not "cast). You can
tell by the cuts at each end. This was cut by a large
industrial fabricator's cutter (I've seen them in use). The cut
is clean, but obviously a "cut." The metal inside looks
identical to the outside. Although I don't know what it is, I
*do know* that this is not cast. It is also *very heavy* at
bout 8 pounds. It's the "bell" noise that I find interesting,
plus also if you hold it in the center and tap on it, not only
do you hear the bell (albeit muted by holding it), you can feel
the vibration running up and down the thing.
Like I said, it has obviously been bent because it has been
fashioned into a cane, but I cannot bend the full length of it,
and like I said, my *best* file won't touch it! (The guy wanted
five bucks, I offered him three and we settled on four bucks).
What do you think it is? Again, it looks *exactly* like
concrete reinforcement, has the appearance of polished silver
(including the cuts on either end), and it is so hard I cannot
touch it with a file. (I don't have a torch here although I plan
on getting one. I bought a used, but complete torch without the
gas lines for 10 bucks).
My assumption is that you would make a carbon determination
based on how it reacts to being melted by the torch, water
quenched, and then hit with a hammer Yes? (As it is right now,
it *laughs* at a sledge hammer!)
