[TheForge] Fw: [EKMetalsmiths] FYI: Pewter prices have dropped

[Steve Smith]

Here's one explanation:
DUE TO WORLD CONDITIONS AND MINES BEING SHUT DOWN IN CHINA,
THE PRICE OF TIN, PEWTER AND METALS HAVE GONE UP.  CHINA HAS STOPPED 
EXPORTING TIN DUE TO A MINING FLOOD WHICH KILLED OVER 300 PEOPLE.  PERU 
WHO ALSO EXPORTED TINS HAD A DISASTER AND THEY HAVE STOPPED EXPORTING AS 
WELL.
which is from: http://www.miniaturemolds.com/pricelist.htm

I've bought a bit of sheet pewter from Contenti:
http://www.contenti.com/
but they don't list metal prices.

Rio has just about everything, but they can be a little expensive. A 
little known competitor (whom I haven't bought anything from) is Indian 
Jewelers Supply: http://www.ijsinc.com/history.htm

After steel this past year, it sounds like a pretty minor price increase!

Steve

Phlip wrote:

> This just came across my Metalsmiths List. Anybody know anything about why
> pewter (I'm assuming the non-leaded pewter) prices might have "skyrocketed?
> Or is someone making some mistakes here?
> 
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> 
> 
>>That's funny.  I just ordered from Rio Grande and they
>>said that pewter supplier prices have sky rocketed.  A
>>5.3 lb ingot was listed as 29 dollars in the catalog
>>but she quoted me 37 dollars over the phone.  I did
>>only buy that one 5.3 ingot, but still... oh well.
>>
>>Andreas
> 
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
> 
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
> 
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
> 
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> 
> 
>