ferro crudo

06:56 Jul 25, 2013 

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. In the end the client was happy with 'cast iron', so I went with that.

14:30 Jul 23, 2013 

IF this is steel rather than iron and crudo means unfinished / in its raw state, a term commonly used in fabrication is "mild steel".

22:42 Jul 22, 2013 

Without dismissing the possibility that this really is iron in this case, I have to support Tom's view that ferro is much more commonly used for steel.

17:02 Jul 22, 2013 

provide references for an everyday Italian expression that every Tom, Dick, and Harry is familiar with. Please- are there any Italians in here?

16:52 Jul 22, 2013 

It does look like cast iron, though that would seem to be a very heavy material for displaying clothing and bags. I'm still open to Tom's answer, but he hasn't provided any references.

16:40 Jul 22, 2013 

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5pEMAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA43&...]&source=bl&ots=1nS1pJh1_a&sig=i8uMvQO0uILmgQRt0vorKTrrqKI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9l_tUZWACOeV0AW9sYGIDg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=ferro%20fuso%20ferro%20crudo%23]&f=false

This text has it as a synonym of 'ghisa', also cast iron.

16:38 Jul 22, 2013 

This text on iron: http://risorseelettroniche.biblio.polimi.it/rondelet/cd/test... states "Quando il ferro fuso riempie lo spazio che gli è riservato, si ritira la sabbia, si apre il foro e il ferro corre in forme particolari di sabbia ove si raffredda e vi si formano le ferraccie; ed allora si chiama ferro fuso o crudo"

"ferro fuso" is cast iron... so could this just be a synonym?

16:30 Jul 22, 2013 

The client thinks it's a type of processed iron.

I've found this: http://nela.it/materiali_ferro_crudo.html which seems to imply that it comes straight from the ore (or perhaps I'm misinterpreting it).

16:28 Jul 22, 2013 

"open" ?

16:19 Jul 22, 2013 

I've asked the client for clarification. As for trasparente - see-through?

The display unit is also made of cardboard, so maybe they are looking for a 'rough-and-ready' style. having said that, it looks quite refined in the picture...

15:41 Jul 22, 2013 

steel. It's generic.

15:31 Jul 22, 2013 

I didn't know that. So does it mean non-stainless steel?

14:51 Jul 22, 2013 

the writer obviously means steel because it's common in Italy to say "ferro" when you don't mean iron, but steel.

14:18 Jul 22, 2013 

I think you have to find another word for "trasparente". This idea often comes up in art and architecture, and "transparent" doesn't really cover it.
Why does the writer obviously mean steel, Tom?

14:09 Jul 22, 2013 

I think by 'tools' they mean add-ons to the basic unit. They steel 'tools' are transparent by having four very thin legs, so you can see through them.

14:00 Jul 22, 2013 

Is that an Italian word? In English it means nothing, in the context given. Sounds like an Italian trying to be cool by using an English term, but completely misunderstanding its meaning.

I also think "fluttuante" should be "flottante".

By "ferro" the writer obviously means steel. But there's no such thing as transparent steel. And by "crudo" s/he presumably means "untreated" in some way. But it's all very unclear.