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Right, I was just thinking that I am a bonehead when it came to me. BONE. Might be a perfect contrast to the steel damascus and add that 'touch of realism' that I was after. Got some nice black...

You are right of course. I want 'unique' - to develop my own style and have no intention of trying to be the same as everyone else.

BUT, with this particular piece - I was trying to add a touch...

Much better - thanks Chris

Bigger hugs :~:

Thanks for your (mostly) constructive criticism Chris. However, your throwaway comment that I should stick to making knives did make me bristle (just a little) I do this all for fun. I make...

No offence taken Dennis and in terms of saying what you really think - I would not have it any other way. Thanks.

Im here to learn and in terms of making 'jewellery' - am a complete novice with...

Just messing with the photography! Here's a couple I just processed with the pendant draped across a mountain man bowie.......
http://i.imgur.com/pl2oLWM.jpg
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Grizzly bear claw pendant in Hakkapella damascus with (i'd like to say gold) hammered finish brass mount / bail.
http://i.imgur.com/P1onQKW.jpg
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Congrats Wallace - a deserved winner with a lovely piece.

Mark

Occasional tidy with the sweeping brush attachment for the humongous file Dennis. Next thing I have to get is one of them fancy elephant hides to dangle under the bench. I'm sick and tired of...

Hey Claire - not really. The effect of a tumber is of a pretty gentle abrasive nature. Think how even the finest piece of jewellery is not distorted by its time in the tumbler.
Work hardening of...

Not yet - some planned.

Hey I know what you mean Peter. That last pendant I made from SS was pain. I drilled small holes down the central gap to make for less material removal by saw and file before realising I had work...

Thanks!. Unfortunately not. This stuff is pretty specialised and made by a company in Sweden....
http://www.damasteel.se/

I'm only a knuckledragging hobby metalsmith who has decided to try some jewellery. Question is - will I need some smaller files?
http://i.imgur.com/NvlB9VG.jpg
Haha - just kidding!!...

Yes Peter - all slipjoint and UK legal carry. I like to think mine would be carried and used rather than sat in a drawer. This is my most used, but I can't say that I enjoy making kitchen...

That's cool - thanks for the compliment. Here's a few of my folders to give you a flavour of style I normally make....
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Thanks. The challenge for us imaginitive types is to pick out the images within the patterns. Been told there is a clown and a 'ghoul' within the Mjolnir pendant. Have another look....
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New here, but thought I'd enter into the spirit (sorry) of it. I suppose an owl is pretty twilighty, so here's mine. It was just a bit of fun for a youngster, carved from a piece of scrap Mokume...

Thanks. The material is Damasteel stainless steel damascus. Its alternate layers of two types of modern stainless steels which are forged together. When they are shaped and etched, one of the two...

Haha, I just put the connection together with your good self too Peter. Mokume advice!!

Tis mate - one and the same - Hello!

Been lurking a while and find myself coming here disturbingly often for advice and tips. I am a retired professional now hobbyist metalsmith. I can make pretty much anything but have been focused...