Stainless for Splinted

Syrus Leigh · Post by **Syrus Leigh** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:30 pm

Good day!
I got my hands on a bit of stainless the other day, and I was thinking of turning it into a set of splinted arms and legs. I was wondering, what are the different characteristics of stainless and non-stainless (term?) steel? Do they work differently? Is there a way to make stainless look more like non-stainless steel?

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Aye, lads & lasses.

Syrus Leigh · Post by **Syrus Leigh** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 12:00 pm

Bumpy Bumpy

Pheylin Quinn · Post by **Pheylin Quinn** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 1:14 pm

In order to bring down the luster of stainless I use a brushed finish on most of mine. 3M Scotchbrite works good. I use it as wheels on one of my buffers and the finish is much more accaptable (to me) than the "IceFalcon" glow that is so predominant in the SCA.

Munz · Post by **Munz** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 1:27 pm

Stainless is a bit tougher to work than mild, maybe even twice as hard. As for the finish, on my splinted vambraces, I ran them over the Burking and then took them to the buffing wheel. Putting that deeper grain into the surface will give stainless a look closer to mild steel even when highly polished.