* Metal: 14K Gold Filled - Rose * Gauge / Thickness: 22 Gauge * Wire Temper: Dead Soft * Wire Shape: Round * Metal Finish: Shiny * Wire Weight: 0.5 Ozs This dead-soft, 14/20 pink gold-filled round wire, the bread-&-butter of jewelry making, is ideal for creating jump rings, pendant bails, ear wires, loops and a myriad of components that embellish other findings as well as a wide variety of wire-working, -wrapping and -weaving techniques. Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer; it is an ideal starting point for forming, shaping and wire-wrapping. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable (by annealing or heat-hardening) and is relative among metal types (each temper will feel and handle differently from one metal to another). When finishing your pieces, also keep in mind that the harder the metal is, the brighter a finish it will take.