Damascus pendant

custommachineman · Feb 13, 2009

I just finished these for my wife. Its our 5th anniversary tomorrow the 14th. One is a heart shaped piece of Mokume. Brass, nickle, copper with a diamond inset. This is my first piece of Mokume. The next is a piece of ladder damascus that I made years ago but did not get a good weld on the whole thing so I have been cutting it up into small pieces. Sorry about the bad picture its hard to take a picture of something so shiny.

swilliamf · Feb 13, 2009

very nice how did you get the diamond to stay in?

custommachineman · Feb 13, 2009

I took a small pneumatic hand engraver and forced a small bump into 4 sides of the hole.

swilliamf · Feb 13, 2009

where do you find those and are they hard to learn to use?

Keith Montgomery · Feb 13, 2009

You did a great job on both of them.

James_Terrio · Feb 14, 2009

Congrats on your anniversary

Those are cooler than a polar bear's backside!! Just think of your grand-kids having those someday and tellin how Grampa MADE THIS for Granny :thumbup:

Mace · Feb 14, 2009

Very nice! Congrats on 5 yrs!
Mace

go mike · Feb 14, 2009

James_Terrio said:
Grampa MADE THIS for Granny :thumbup:

What's next? Homemade engagement rings? That'd be pretty cool.

James_Terrio · Feb 14, 2009

IIRC some of the jewelers/bladesmiths around here make damascus rings. Very cool. I think there was even a tutorial on it.

swilliamf · Feb 14, 2009

James_Terrio said:
IIRC some of the jewelers/bladesmiths around here make damascus rings. Very cool. I think there was even a tutorial on it.

Anyone have this? I would love to see it

go mike · Feb 14, 2009

I remember seeing pictures of a ring, and the background was chains. Maybe someone will see this post and it will ring a bell.

Will52100 · Feb 14, 2009

Nice, I bet she loved it.

CUTS LIKE A KRIS · Feb 15, 2009

If you are looking for Damascus wedding/engagement rings I fully recommend Delbert Ealy (he is on here). He made my set of 3 (2 wedding and an engagement ring) and they were great, and cheaper than most engagement rings by themselves!!
(no pics as I suck at photography)

custommachineman · Feb 15, 2009

swilliamf said:
where do you find those and are they hard to learn to use?

I actually made my own. A friend had one that I looked at and I made one like it. This is like the one I have. http://www.airgraver.com/