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    Default Wotcha me owd ducks

    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 for a few years on making knives. I can knock together anything from a Bowie to a kitchen knife but my passion is UK legal 'slipjoint' folding knives.

    I'm here really because I often also make some 'man jewellery' from offcuts of damascus stainless steel from the knife making side which has led me to try working with silver. Man, after stainless steel that stuff is soft! I removed about £5 worth with the first lick of my big file! I also need to get my sizing down to 'dainty' and get the big nozzle off my blowtorch!

    Anyhoo, I'll be around for a while bothering you occasionally for the silver and dainty tips but thought I'd just give you a taster of what I have 'knocked up' in the past and could perhaps 'loosely' be termed jewellery! Be gentle with me!
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    Is that Mark?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ps_bond View Post
    Is that Mark?
    Tis mate - one and the same - Hello!

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    Hello and welcome Mark. That's some beautiful metalwork, love the flow the patterning gives!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rojaz View Post
    Tis mate - one and the same - Hello!
    Evening! The fish hook gave it away

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    Quote Originally Posted by ps_bond View Post
    Evening! The fish hook gave it away
    Haha, I just put the connection together with your good self too Peter. Mokume advice!!

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    Welcome Mark.. some lovely pendants there! I often make things with my partners offcuts (he's also a knifemaker and funnily enough another mark ).. excellent way to recycle otherwise scrap material

    Rachael x

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    Hi and welcome. I love the pendants!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lorraineflee View Post
    Hi and welcome. I love the pendants!
    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 layers is eaten away and darkened leaving the pattern you see - depending on the mordant combination used. The material is usually used to make high quality knives and guns. Here is a pic of a similar bit used in one of my knife blades...
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    Loveley thing about this material is the layers go all the way through as opposed to being surface etched. Means it looks good from any angle...
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