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Those folks at Wurkkos don’t hang around. 7 days after ordering and 6 from dispatch, to the UK. I also got the free holster as part of the Father’s Day promo, although it’s too large for the TS10 - I’ll find a use for it! The longer, black clip came too.

Red AUX 3000k Orange, 4000k I think the red looks superb against the copper.

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[–] jon_slider 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Congrats!

Suprised to see the label says Red Bronze..

Chinese use the same root word, tóng, for Brass, Bronze, and Copper, as they are all different colors of Copper or Copper Alloys.

Usually what we call Copper is what they call Red Copper, and what we call Brass they call Yellow Copper.. but I dont know why they labeled it Bronze.. Initially the Brass TS10 was called Copper.. so there is some confusion in translation..

notice these are all tóng:

copper: Tóng

red copper: Zǐtóng

bronze: Qīngtóng

red bronze: Hóng gǔtóngsè

brass: Huáng tóng

yellow copper: Huáng tóng

now my question is.. is the TS10 actually Pure Copper (I want to believe that), or is it an alloy w tin, aka bronze (I dont think so but needs confirmation).

[–] toadiesss 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the reply, that’s very interesting! I must confess I didn’t realise they all contained copper. So those examples, and the box text imply these lights are a ‘red’ variant of bronze?

I’m no metallurgist but I’d say the material/finish is very close to regular copper pipe.

My brass one did say ‘Yellow Metal’ too @antisuck.

[–] jon_slider 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

undefined> these lights are a ‘red’ variant of bronze?

imo, No

I do not believe the copper TS10 is red bronze. I think the label on the box is an error in translation.

imo the copper TS10 is pure copper, not bronze and not brass.

however, I have not tried to get confirmation about the Copper in the TS10 from Wurkkos. Im not sure I would believe their answer (unless it was the answer I want to hear), since there seems to be a language barrier.

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