I'm betting Phosphor Bronze, or similar, alloy. Ideal material for pivot that needs to be strong and last. Should allow for tighter tolerances in the joint. Nice discovery!
Hi Duncan, due to technical reasons we changed the rivets material from stainless steel to nickel silver for all our scissors in 2007.
Weird. It doesn't look like nickel silver to me
Quote from: Reinier on February 24, 2012, 09:30:27 AMWeird. It doesn't look like nickel silver to me Depends on the grade, some of them are quite yellow. The tableware blanks I've seen (many years ago) that were destined for plating were anyway
Just heard back from Victorinox and heres their reply .....Quote Hi Duncan, due to technical reasons we changed the rivets material from stainless steel to nickel silver for all our scissors in 2007.Didn't realise it was as far back as 2007 and I also didn't think it was nickel silver .
Quote from: Dunc on February 24, 2012, 09:25:59 AMJust heard back from Victorinox and heres their reply .....Quote Hi Duncan, due to technical reasons we changed the rivets material from stainless steel to nickel silver for all our scissors in 2007.Didn't realise it was as far back as 2007 and I also didn't think it was nickel silver . yeah, umm... not sure about that. While some grades of nickel silver can have a silvery yellow appearance, this stuff is awfully bronze-colored to be a grade of nickel silver, isn't it?
There's various grades. I think 70/30 is 70% copper 30% nickel (round numbers), but there's 80/20 and 90/10 .. and maybe some others
It looks exactly like nickel silver to me. Not yellow enough for brass and not bronze