I have penannular brooches and belt buckles I made from fine silver that I wear camping at LH events and have not had any trouvle with them deforming---of course some of them are only 20+ years old so far...
In general I hot forge the silver into things; charcoal or gas forge (a one firebrick forge is great for this) and be very careful not to melt it! If it melts than save the bits and use them for casting.
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Thomas
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