Those of you that routinely re-pin and peen razors, what do you like and feel works best either brass or nickel? I bought a kit to repair a razor and build a set of scales that is nickel and find it is very resilient to mushrooming when tapped lightly rather than monkey fisted like a 600 lb. gorilla.

So given a choice, which do you prefer to work with and feel it is easier to manipulate?