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Actually the question was aimed at working with ivory and totoiseshell - I did try a washerless peen on a piece of ivory and it broke at the pivot hole - despite using minimum pressure with my (very...

Thanks Tom. I guess that's a good enough reason to buy a propane torch. Maybe I could get away with buying one for my wife for Christmas and telling her it's for caramelising sugar when she's baking....

I was following a thread recently that discussed peening without washers and I think it was Pixelfixed who suggested annealing the rod beforehand. As I know nothing about this I assume that he meant...