insure good dispersion and formation of the metal sheet the aqueous dispensing fluid is then passed to a headbox 5 through which the aqueous dispensing fluid containing the metal fibers is applied to a continuous screen 6 a vacuum system 7 is generally used to remove the aqueous dispensing fluid in order to form the metal fiber sheet on the screen in a preferred embodiment the removed aqueous dispensing fluid is then recycled to the mixing tank 1 via line 8 generally about 60 weight percent of the metal powder is retained in the metal fiber sheet using the non carboxy water soluble polymer the formed metal fiber sheet is then passed through press rolls can then be calendared and dried as is conventional in the papermaking industry despite the use of such a small amount of water soluble polymer the residue is sufficient to provide sufficient strength to the metal fiber sheet so that such subsequent handling can occur without incident the final step is a sintering step which can be conducted at optimum temperatures in an inert or reducing atmosphere the sintering step introduces a strength to the metal fiber paper as well as burns off the various organics contained in the metal.