Making stakes from titanium spokes?

I tried it but the spokes are too small in diameter and would only work in soft ground. I tried to use them for stakes for my titanium foil wind screen but had the same results. Also I don't think they're the right alloy and they bend fairly easily. They do make great bail handles and I have modified several of my pots.

I found a source at a local shop that focuses on racing bikes and has a box of used spokes that I can paw through for the least bent up. They charged me a dollar a spoke.

thanks Denis. I will stick to buying 'real' titanium stakes.

Experience: not good. They are too thin and too short to bend into a U that would make them adequate. I have ended up using steel U stakes instead of straight titanium stakes because the Us hold better and small gauge steel U stakes weigh the same as 'standard' gauge titanium stakes – 0.3 to 0.25 oz. each.