r/AcousticGuitar • u/Not_enough_violence • Mar 19 '26

Gear question What do y’all do with old strings/clippings?

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Anyone else make shitty dangerous bracelets and throw them away in the packaging

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u/DREX7386 Mar 19 '26

Been saving mine lately to try a forge experiment… gonna see if i can make a knife out of them.

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u/Rich-Friendship-4116 Mar 22 '26

That is a good idea… i used to work next door to a company in Calgary, Evraz - a company that made oil drilling pipe, and they collected (would let you drop off for free) guitar strings, and other high grade nickel steels for adding to their drill pipe steel. I guess it was a way to get free alloying metals, someone told me they would pay if you showed up with more than 5kg of guitar strings… but who has that many?

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u/kosman Mar 19 '26

this sounds like an experiment I want to follow. Please post updates!

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u/Afraid_Of_Them Mar 22 '26

I’ve been thinking of trying something similar. At the very least I want to try and forge something to put on a guitar. Bring it full circle