HEEEEEEMP!!!!!! :beer1: But seriously, that is better than a plastic core!!! i would take it out. You know that is going to be good quality cable, but the question will be how much carbon it has. Plow steel at .55% would not be so good, but the higher carbon stuff at .75 and .85% would be pretty nice. One guy who is in the forging supply biz and sells cable to knifemakers that what he sells the extra improved plow steel, the 1075 equivalent. I was told by the previous owner of the supply company that it was crane cable.