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Old 30 October 2020, 01:00 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Fredrik View Post
Well, platinum isn't that soft to begin with, and the 5% other platinum group metals it is usually alloyed with makes it even harder. It has never crossed my mind that it could be considered soft, it is not at all like gold in my experience.
Thank you. I had been informed that Pt was way softer, in terms of being scratched, than was 14K YG. And it has certainly been my experience that my TT (YG/SS) bracelets have that center-link scratch almost immediately, as soon as the bracelet touches the desk!!

Your encouragement that the Pt might not be as "soft" (or shall we say, "scratch-able"?) as I had thought is certainly worth considering.
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