Mono vs linotype

[Lloyd Smale]

from what i was told most printing shops made there own spacers out of linotype. So it is linotype but it could be older linotype that has lost some of its antimony in lead from be used over and over.

[cajun shooter]

I can't remember if it was Glen Fryxell that wrote the following information or not but there was a paragraph or two that stated for the bullet caster to stay away from foundry type. Maybe it was in the Lyman casting book.

[tmd17]

Waking up an old thread instead of starting a new one.

I will test for hardness later, but for now I thought I would post a pic of my find today.

24 pounds of relatively clean material.

So what do you think? Mono Type or Foundry Type?

[tmd17]

My Lee Hardness Test Kit indicates about 20 BHN, but a 2H pencil will not scratch it!

[6622729]

My Lee Hardness Test Kit indicates about 20 BHN, but a 2H pencil will not scratch it!

I trust the pencils. Remember to scratch the lead with a square edge on your pencil lead. In other words, the lead of the pencil must be ground flat. Hold at 45 degrees to the lead. Work your way up the pencils in hardness until one scratches it. No matter which type of lead you end up having, you have some prime material for alloying soft lead. Congrats!