Sam Falzone Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I decided to make Norse inspired jewellery for my silver course this time around. I bought some pin punches and made some stamps. I made my first bracelet on Monday. I actually made my own sheet for it too - I puddled scrap silver and annealled and rolled it repeatedly until I had a dead-soft strip. I still have to tumble it with steel shot to work harden it again (it's REALLY soft). I think my next pieces will be thicker - this one is a bit too thin for my liking, but my wife likes it. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Sam, Very nice work. I really like that whole "puddled & rolled" concept... very creative. How did you roll it out? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Falzone Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 My silver class has 2 rolling mills - very convenient. I don't know how I'll do this at home when my class is done (rolling mills are really expensive). I'll probably try torch annealling and hammering the silver flat, and then repeating the process as needed since silver will work-harden. That's as old-school as it gets Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 love the work sam - it looks great - like the punches too:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Nice work. Did you make your own punches too. I have in the past cast my own ingots and forged out my own silver rod and then flatted into sheet with set hammer. Thickness wasn't all that uniform like a rolling mill but then again the Vikings didn't have them either. Here is another site you may like Viking Bronze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 i love the idea that youre flatting the silver yourself - i also think that slightly non uniform thickness is very appealing - in jewellery esspecially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Actually the vikings didn't use torches much, annealing in a small charcoal forge with a bellows is pretty easy though; it's the method I use at LH events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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