Which product for pinning
First things first, I tried to click a link in the subforums - Welcome to the Workshop How do I/ Where do I/.... sticky on "Brass & Nickel Silver Rods for Pins" and the link is broken, so would an admin please fix this, I suspect it has alot of useful answers [emoji2].
Ok so onto my questions. As the thread suggest I'm curious as to what product's I should use for pinning. The two most common options I see are brass and nickel -silver rods w/ matching washers or brass washers on the N/S rod and in of the above setups the spacer between tang and scale always being brass.
So Is the primary purpose of these options aesthetic, i.e. vintage old brass / modern nickel-silver, or is there more to it than this? What about Corrosion long term, stiffness, reaction with other products like certain exotic wood scales, does one peen/ mushrom better than the other and so on. I suspect there's more to it but thats all I can think of at the moment, hence my question.
Also any other related advisement you wish to add that someone new might find useful is certainly welcome. It will be fun feeling out these baby taps I see in videos :).
I already have an dremel, anvil and flush cutter, my half dome chasing hammer is on order. Although I don't have a particular need at the moment per sae I do want to go ahead and get some stock on hand for when I do need it, instead of having to wait for a shipment.