Titaniam Sinkers

  • clarence_chapman
    Hastings, MN Lake Isabel activist
    Posts: 1345
    February 3, 2005 at 3:37 am #1245576

    Got it on a good authority that there is company coming out with an alternative to lead. Titianiam. It is supposed to hit the shelves in March.
    Would you pay the extra price for the lead replacement?

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    February 3, 2005 at 3:46 am #340490

    Titanium is a very light, strong metal. That seems to defeat the premise behind a good sinker material.

    clarence_chapman
    Hastings, MN Lake Isabel activist
    Posts: 1345
    February 3, 2005 at 3:48 am #340491

    A guy on the project said about 6 inches in the bottom of a five gallon bucket weighed about 100 lbs. it might be a variation of some sort.

    jigs
    Posts: 163
    February 3, 2005 at 5:23 am #340523

    Titanium is not actually lighter than lead, it is that you need less of it to do the same job as it is stronger than lead.

    gundez-71
    South Minnesota
    Posts: 675
    February 3, 2005 at 1:07 pm #340560

    Maybe the stuff was tungsten instead???

    Gundy

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12317
    February 3, 2005 at 2:12 pm #340579

    I would guess tungsten as well. They are using it in shotgun shells to replace lead as well. It is a dense heavy metal.

    clarence_chapman
    Hastings, MN Lake Isabel activist
    Posts: 1345
    February 4, 2005 at 4:17 am #340818

    I am going to get ahold of a few and try them out on the lake this weekend.

    skhartke
    Somerset, WI
    Posts: 1416
    February 4, 2005 at 5:01 am #340826

    I always thought that Titanium was pretty scarce, therefore the price of it.

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