An Armful of Bangles...

**MuranoSilver** · 14-10-2009, 07:46 PM

Today I have been mainly using my hammers and makin Bangles

As Tony Hancock might've said... "That's practically a Whole Armful!" lol
Nic xx

**bustagasket** · 14-10-2009, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by MuranoSilver

As Tony Hancock might've said... "That's practically a Whole Armful!" lol
Nic xx

Fantastic bangles and "the blood doner" is my favourite sketch, i used to almost know it word for word lol

**Emerald** · 14-10-2009, 07:59 PM

Lovely bangles Nic

**Rustic Charm** · 14-10-2009, 08:01 PM

lovely x x

**mizgeorge** · 14-10-2009, 08:03 PM

Those are lovely Nic - I'm very jealous of your lc stamps!

Out of curiousity, do you buy in blanks, or did you have them hallmarked before you started bashing?

**Emerald** · 14-10-2009, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by mizgeorge

Those are lovely Nic - I'm very jealous of your lc stamps!

oh me to George have being looking and looking but think they are only available in USA, i saw i lovely lot of antique ones on Ebay once but i got outbid x

**Jayne** · 14-10-2009, 08:20 PM

oh, very nice bangles indeedy

can someone fill me in please? what is/are lc stamps?
J x

**mizgeorge** · 14-10-2009, 08:41 PM

lower case Jayne!

**MuranoSilver** · 14-10-2009, 08:45 PM

lc is Lower Case Jayne

I buy them in 4 mm strips of sterling and cut them to length.
Then I send them off to the assay office and have them stamped.
That way I can make custom bangles whenever I want to

The main disadvantage of this method is you tend to get wastage
By pre-cutting the lengths you have to allow plenty of silver
The main advantage is it gets around minimum Hallmarking charge and
gives me a quicker turnaround

nic x