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I do remember reading something about a ceramic or glass plate pressing them down but I'm not 100% where i read that.

lol agreed - but hey if someone 'actually' managed to pull it of it would be kinda cool!

but personally - It sounds to hard\expensive\time consuming etc for me :D

lol Well If you have a spare Electroless kit, some Nickel Fluoborate (or what ever it is they use), some diamonds and a lot of time to prefect it - why not :D

From what i understand they use Electroless to plate the nickel onto the steel, this may be wrong but it also makes sense, being able to get the surface even etc

Edit: Electroless nickel plating -...