Category Archives: Jewelry

Sterling silver trophy buckle – Update

Posted on December 5, 2011 by luckydollar

I made great progress on the Sterling silver buckle today. I cut all the scroll leaves and shade lines and about half way finished with the backgrounding. Continue reading →

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KSC Buckle Monogram in sterling silver

Posted on December 4, 2011 by luckydollar

I am using a 120 degree graver and a relatively slow speed. Frequent graver polishing on diamond has kept the bright cuts really shiny. Continue reading →

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KSC Silver buckle – Update

Posted on December 4, 2011 by luckydollar

I engraved the inside of the buckle with a nice sentiment from the giver and attached all the belt keeper parts.That all took about two hours. Continue reading →

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KSC Buckle – Sterling silver

Posted on December 4, 2011 by luckydollar

The monogram will look really good when engraved with nice bright cuts. Continue reading →

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Silver Humming Bird Pendant

Posted on November 26, 2011 by luckydollar

This morning I started a pendant. The base is 18 gauge sterling silver. The Sleeping beauty turquoise is a spectacular color and a free form shape. I was trying to come up with a design to match the person so … Continue reading →

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Western Engraved Silver Bracelet – Completed

Posted on October 16, 2011 by luckydollar

Completed Western engraved silver bracelet, set with two sleeping beauty turquoise stones. Continue reading →

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Engraved Bracelet – Looking great.

Posted on October 13, 2011 by luckydollar

I finished the engraving on the back (or inside) of the bracelet. I apologize for not cleaning the polishing compound off better before taking the picture.  I usually do not see smudges or dust until I look at the photo … Continue reading →

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Update on Two Stones bracelet

Posted on October 13, 2011 by luckydollar

Got started early this morning on the silver bracelet. I finished the shading and cross hatched the scrolls and started right in on punch dots for the background. I used a medium sized dot and it fit perfectly. When I’m … Continue reading →

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Engraved Bracelet Update

Posted on October 12, 2011 by luckydollar

Today is my wife’s birthday so I was a bit late getting started to work this morning. Cooked a nice breakfast, took a long walk around the ranch and just enjoyed the morning, went into town for lunch and a … Continue reading →

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Western Engraved Silver Bracelet

Posted on October 9, 2011 by luckydollar

Here is the design and parts for a silver bracelet. The design shows three stones but we have changed that to just two, 8 mm turquoise stones. I was able to find “Sleeping Beauty” turquoise. A very nice clean blue. … Continue reading →

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