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Just out of curiosity, is that a bronze pin? If so, I wonder if that's how it was able to bend so much without breaking. Wonder what would have happened with a stainless pin -- no bending at all, or.... "Snap!"?
--- Rachel
(with an admitted I-love-bronze bias, but still open to truth :-)
...I wonder if that's how it was able to bend so much without breaking.
All metals flow given enough pressure and time. You could make the pin into a preztel if you were truly motivated and had an exceptionally long lifespan :-) The trick with stainless would be to accomplish the bend over a very very very long time. When you cruise along a rock face and observe the 'layers', do you ever wonder how long it takes to bend the rock like that?