> It seems as if lead should be easier to press into shape than steel so I wonder why the difference in techniques. I only worked briefly in a cold-forging fac

> It seems as if lead should be easier to press into shape than steel so I wonder why the difference in techniques. I only worked briefly in a cold-forging factory, but I remember there being issues with wire stiffness and difficulties with getting economical yield when making very small things. We were working with steel, brass and copper, so lead may be different.