Sterling Silver Round Rod, Washers and Domes
Just thinking of doing some restoration work myself on a 7 day set I recently acquired and was curious about using sterling silver for pins and washers as I plan on descaling them for restoration around the pivot pin using a jeweler's saw to protect the scales. I'll just slide the thin blade inbetween the tang and scales and saw the pin off.
I happened across a site that sells sterling silver rod, washers and small domes. The domes aren't pre-drilled to be used as washers and can be had at different sizes (metric) but I think with a little care they could be turned into washers. The 7mm are just a hair over 1/4". Website is here: Metalliferous
Part number for suitable washers is SSW950, they're sterling silver with 1/4" O.D. and .064" I.D., since 1/16" = .0625" they should be suitable for use with 1/16" rod.
The sterling silver rod sizes are also metric, 1.5mm being .060" O.D., sold by the foot.
Various .pdfs with different silver components can be found here. You sort of have to browse catalogs to get part numbers and do the quick order, I wasn't able to find the washers otherwise.
Just thought someone else might be interested :D
Edit: Looks like they have brass domed discs available as well as other metals and stuff.