Aha! Searching the internet, I've come across the term lazer/laser finish. I think this is what I'm ultimately looking for (and possibly what several of you have been referencing, I'm just too green in this area to pick up on it!). I found this picture of a bead online and this looks very much like what I'm trying to achieve. To quote a page:a diamond tipped anvil
Nick, I found the rings on the Show and Tell and your texture seems to be more uniform and a bit less chunky/3 dimensional than what I'm trying to achieve. Do you think what I'm looking to do could be achieved by using the same type of handpiece?The diamond point is a sharp faceted shape. It’s used to give an overall glittery finish to a surface, sometimes referred to as a laser finish (just a marketing name, as lasers aren’t involved), or a diamond point finish. It’s interesting in that as you chatter the point over a surface, because the tip keeps its same alignment, each impact produces multiple little reflective surfaces that end up being in the same plane, so the whole surface of the work will have multiple angles at which it reflects light from many of the impacts at once, which differs from the general glittery/sparkly look of finishes produced by things like mizzy wheels or rotary diamond abrasive points.
Lastly, my budget is going towards other things at the moment so I'm not going to invest in a hammer handpiece just yet - would it be possible to use a diamond tip with a hammer for the meantime for experiments, or would this damage the tip?
Thanks so much for all your help!
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