Sterling Silver Round Wire, 6.54mm, Dead-Soft

This dead-soft, sterling silver round wire, the bread-&-butter of jewelry making, is useful for creating components and for a wide variety of techniques. Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer; it is an ideal starting point for forming, shaping and wire-wrapping. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable (by annealing or heat-hardening) and is relative among metal types (each temper will feel and handle differently from one metal to another). When finishing your pieces, also keep in mind that the harder the metal is, the brighter a finish it will take. 2-gauge wire is useful for substantial or heavy jewelry designs, accessories and hollowware or for any designs that demand high durability; the heaviest gauges (4–0 ga.) are suitable for forging and heavy manipulation. As you know, jewelry wire has as many uses as there are jewelers and designers who use it to achieve their vision; these suggested uses simply represent some of the more common applications of this metal weight. This sterling silver wire is packaged in coils and can be cut to any length that satisfies the system minimum; due to the cutting capabilities of the shear, minimum purchase is 1".

• Price Per Unit: Priced per 25.4mm
• Gauge: 2 ga.
• Form: Wire
• Shape: Round
• Metal Type: Sterling silver
• Metal Color: White
• Purity: .925
• Hardness: Dead-soft
• Dimensions: 6.5mm
• Length Per Weight: " x 3.55"/ozt. (0.00 x 9.02 cm/ozt.)
• Weight Per Length: 0.282 ozt./" x 1" (0.282 ozt./0.00 x 2.54 cm)
• Thickness: 0.257" (6.53mm)
• Country Of Origin: United States