{"id":215,"date":"2018-04-16T18:19:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T23:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2020-11-07T00:45:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T06:45:29","slug":"stamped-bangles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Stamped Bangles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stamped sterling silver bangles<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A pair of sterling silver bangles stamped<\/strong> with a couple of what I now call the “original” series of stamps my brother and I made from old bolts back in the early-mid ’70’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We used them for making southwest-style silver work. They sorely needed refurbishing to be usable again, as 40+ years of rattling around in a tin can at the bottom of a box of tools had taken it’s toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get the stamps in working order again, I cut off the bolt heads (not sure why we didn’t do that when they were first made, other than perhaps having to deal with a dull hack-saw blade), re-annealed and cleaned them up with a bit of filing and sanding to bring them back into shape by taking out the nicks, deepening the grooves, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then followed that by hardening, tempering and final polish and buff of the working-end. Used together or with common punches, simple designs really are easy to work up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One bangle was stamped with a southwest-style design, and the other used a portion of another stamp to create a pine needle design of sorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both bangles had their designs stamped only four times around the circumference, and because they’re made with 8 ga. half-round wire, they make for a simple, light and non-intrusive bangle that can stacked and mixed with others to blend with numerous styles of dress. \ud83d\ude42
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A pair of sterling silver bangles stamped with a couple of what I now call the “original” series of stamps my brother and I made from old bolts back in the early-mid ’70’s. We used them for making southwest-style silver work. They sorely needed refurbishing to be usable again, as 40+ years of rattling around … <\/p>\n

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