[ANN] SaltySpitoon's Silver "Garlic" Bread Loaves DIY Wallets *In Stock*

[SaltySpitoon]

Just curious Salty, you ever done any work with ruthenium?  Love ruthenium and have a decent collection of ruthenium coated coins..just wish I had a pure one.

I have not yet, I know it is used in platinum alloys, but I don't know much about it in pure form. It is an exotic I'd like to try working with, assuming there is nothing strange about it. For example, I can't cast titanium, because it catches fire when exposed to oxygen. Not sure where I'd source it, but I can look into it.

*edit* Looks like its doable, I'd just need a new hardcore respirator because some of the oxides are a little lethal, and its not too hard to source. At the current spot price of ~$205/oz, it still holds a bit of a hefty premium from what I've seen because its an exotic, but not nearly as bad as some other oddball metals I've tried to find at reasonable prices.

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[ChiBitCTy]

Just curious Salty, you ever done any work with ruthenium?  Love ruthenium and have a decent collection of ruthenium coated coins..just wish I had a pure one.

I have not yet, I know it is used in platinum alloys, but I don't know much about it in pure form. It is an exotic I'd like to try working with, assuming there is nothing strange about it. For example, I can't cast titanium, because it catches fire when exposed to oxygen. Not sure where I'd source it, but I can look into it.

*edit* Looks like its doable, I'd just need a new hardcore respirator because some of the oxides are a little lethal, and its not too hard to source. At the current spot price of ~$205/oz, it still holds a bit of a hefty premium from what I've seen because its an exotic, but not nearly as bad as some other oddball metals I've tried to find at reasonable prices.

I've got a Soviet gas mask you can borrow not too worry!    I would love to see a pure ruthenium coin made. Looking forward to all your work going forward, enjoy watching all this stuff come to life!

[ChiBitCTy]

Not sure how I'm going to load it, but look forward to doing so!

[Lesbian Cow]

Here is one of SaltySpitoon's loaves melting in a tray of buttery goodness:

[SaltySpitoon]

Not sure how I'm going to load it, but look forward to doing so!

I'm glad it arrived! I was just thinking that it'd be difficult to return your silver bar if there were complications with the postal service. (picture of part of your bar below)

[ChiBitCTy]

Not sure how I'm going to load it, but look forward to doing so!

I'm glad it arrived! I was just thinking that it'd be difficult to return your silver bar if there were complications with the postal service. (picture of part of your bar below)

Haha glad we had no complications    That looks great!

[Lesbian Cow]

Damn, what you have SS making ChiBitcity?  That looks cool!

[SaltySpitoon]

Damn, what you have SS making ChiBitcity?  That looks cool!

Ah, its just a chain I was playing around with. I traded a garlic loaf to ChiBit's for a silver bar, so I melted it, alloyed it, made an ingot, milled it into wire, and then wound and cut the wire into loops. Now its a chain/bracelet. Not really my forte, but I figured since I have a rolling mill, I might as well give it a shot.

Its ~97% silver, 1.5% Germanium, and 1.5% Copper, a custom uncommon silver alloy. I haven't polished it yet, but its way whiter than white gold, and has a nice deep platinum luster. In addition, it should be ~7-10x more tarnish resistant than sterling silver. Its classified as Argentium silver I'd guess, but thats typically 93.5% silver ~1% germanium, and 6.5% copper. When exposed to air, germanium oxides form on the surface creating a tarnish resistant layer, similar to how aluminum oxidizes.

Here are a few pictures as the wire got made:

https://i.imgur.com/qfdujNF.png
https://i.imgur.com/fJbNwNy.png
https://i.imgur.com/pUTeAw6.png

And a ring I threw together, again I didn't have the right tools so its no where near done right. It hasn't been polished, filed, or formed properly, so its pretty ugly, but. The one in the middle is the silver, the one above it is platinum, and the diamond ring below it is white gold. I did order the right tools (I think) so we'll see if I can't make something pretty in the future.

https://i.imgur.com/TfdTLmG.png
https://i.imgur.com/iBGwbe7.png

[Lesbian Cow]

Damn, what you have SS making ChiBitcity?  That looks cool!

Ah, its just a chain I was playing around with. I traded a garlic loaf to ChiBit's for a silver bar, so I melted it, alloyed it, made an ingot, milled it into wire, and then wound and cut the wire into loops. Now its a chain/bracelet. Not really my forte, but I figured since I have a rolling mill, I might as well give it a shot.

Its ~97% silver, 1.5% Germanium, and 1.5% Copper, a custom uncommon silver alloy. I haven't polished it yet, but its way whiter than white gold, and has a nice deep platinum luster. In addition, it should be ~7-10x more tarnish resistant than sterling silver. Its classified as Argentium silver I'd guess, but thats typically 93.5% silver ~1% germanium, and 6.5% copper. When exposed to air, germanium oxides form on the surface creating a tarnish resistant layer, similar to how aluminum oxidizes.

Here are a few pictures as the wire got made:

https://i.imgur.com/qfdujNF.png
https://i.imgur.com/fJbNwNy.png
https://i.imgur.com/pUTeAw6.png

And a ring I threw together, again I didn't have the right tools so its no where near done right. It hasn't been polished, filed, or formed properly, so its pretty ugly, but. The one in the middle is the silver, the one above it is platinum, and the diamond ring below it is white gold. I did order the right tools (I think) so we'll see if I can't make something pretty in the future.

https://i.imgur.com/TfdTLmG.png
https://i.imgur.com/iBGwbe7.png

That is some really cool stuff you are working on!  I really dig that you are making custom alloys.  Thanks for sharing.

[ChiBitCTy]

[bavicrypto]

I would like to reserve the shiny, stinky, bread with number #20

[TMAN]

is #19 still free?

[SaltySpitoon]

I would like to reserve the shiny, stinky, bread with number #20

Sure, can do.

is #19 still free?

And yes it is.

[SaltySpitoon]

It seems like the garlic craze is laying down a bit, maybe its the amount of difficulty in buying Garlic in the first place 

I'm going to call it an end to the production of garlic loaves, and call it a set of 21 total produced. I'll be focusing on my next production now, stay tuned!