Solid Sterling Silver Mech?

[Bill Oso]

Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of all elements, is a precious metal with intrinsic value, isn't so soft when alloyed with harder metals, and would like awesome made into a mech mod. I'd be willing to spend $200 on a mech if it was made entirely out of silver.

 

[Rule62]

$200? Add a zero to that, and you'd still come up short. I believe the original asking price for the silver Caravelas last year was around $2800.

 

[itylerstewart]

He said $200 hahahahaha

 

[MrPlink]

Id take a dozen at that price.
Id even settle for solid gold.

 

[Bill Oso]

$19 an ounce. How heavy are your mechs? 5 pounds?

 

[stevegmu]

I have a sterling silver pen which is lighter than any mod could possibly be, which cost $1200 in 2001... Things rarely, if ever, cost the price of the material alone...

 

[Bill Oso]

Must be an antique owned by someone famous for that price.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

I have a silver bracelet that currently sells for about $1500. It's under 10oz.

 

[stevegmu]

Must be an antique owned by someone famous for that price.

No, it was a brand new Montblanc bought at a mall...

 

[NikZak]

Sterling silver Zippos (I am a collector of Zippos since early in my analog days) can be had for around $160 for the regular full-sized Zippo. I personally have 2 (a slim and a full size) and would expect that a mech mod made of Sterling Silver would be both very easy to scratch (the Sterling Zippo I used to use is quite scratched up from being in my pocket with my keys and coins)

Aside from that, the Zippos aren't very thick, a mech mod would have to be at least 3 times the thickness to reduce voltage drop and give it some strength and the price would easily be at least $1200-1500 in my opinion for a very basic one, I'm not overly surprised at the $2800 asking price for a Caravela in Sterling Silver

That being said, my two favorite metals are Brass and Sterling Silver so I'd probably buy a Sterling mech mod at some point if they were priced right