Thread: Not All That Happy

Originally Posted by MattCB

Instead of playing with the scales you could try a denser wedge material. A lead sinker for fishing is easily enough repurposed.

Personally, I prefer nickel silver wedges to lead ones (even though historically lead seems to have been much more common). I find that lead loses its lustre quite fast, unlike nickel silver, which is close to the density of lead. It's a bit harder though, so a bit more difficult to work with. But not much.