what type of brass will bend?

[BLADECARVER]

awhile back i started a thread on bending 360 brass it was suggested i use another type besides 360. what brass will allow manipulation? yet allow easy maching like 360 does and also polishes nice?

 

[mete]

cartridge brass , 260, is the most ductile and will take a nice polish.No brass is really difficult to machine.The leaded brasses [easiest to machine] have limits to bending.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

The harder the brass (or copper or aluminum etc), the better it machines, but the worse it bends. It can be annealed for bending, though it dents and scratches easier.