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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 5:25:52 GMT -5
khara was asking about stainless steel wire. Here are a few. As you can see- it looks a lot like silver. It is difficult to work and near impossible to recover from a wrong bend. I think it hurts most people's fingers- hurts mine. I believe these are all 20g. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 8, 2022 6:14:22 GMT -5
khara was asking about stainless steel wire. Here are a few. As you can see- it looks a lot like silver. It is difficult to work and near impossible to recover from a wrong bend. I think it hurts most people's fingers- hurts mine. I believe these are all 20g. Gorgeous! I love the psilomelane bestest. My fingers hurt just looking at the SS wire. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 6:16:17 GMT -5
khara was asking about stainless steel wire. Here are a few. As you can see- it looks a lot like silver. It is difficult to work and near impossible to recover from a wrong bend. I think it hurts most people's fingers- hurts mine. I believe these are all 20g. Gorgeous! I love the psilomelane bestest. My fingers hurt just looking at the SS wire. It does look like the best Crown of Silver, but it's actually Damascus Steel. Cool, huh? |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 8, 2022 6:20:29 GMT -5
Gorgeous! I love the psilomelane bestest. My fingers hurt just looking at the SS wire. It does look like the best Crown of Silver, but it's actually Damascus Steel. Cool, huh? Very cool. It looks Groovy! Is the Damascus steel less messy to polish than psilomelane? (I love that word, even if that is not it, lol) |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 6:25:46 GMT -5
It does look like the best Crown of Silver, but it's actually Damascus Steel. Cool, huh? Very cool. It looks Groovy! Is the Damascus steel less messy to polish than psilomelane? (I love that word, even if that is not it, lol) I purchased that one- at a steep price, I might add, but I fell in love. It made me want to try it. So, I got some damascus and tried it. It was actually very easy to cab and not TOO messy- certainly not as messy as psilomelane. The quality of my cabs was not very good owing to the cheap damascus that I got. |
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Post by liveoak on Oct 8, 2022 6:45:50 GMT -5
Amazing Tela, rockjunquie , every time you post more photos of wraps, I see yet more techniques you use (and I want to try). The Damascus Steel sure is flashy, but I really like that wrap, a perfect design for that stone. SS looks nice, I like how crisp some of the wire bends look, but I bet it's hard on the hands. Somehow I bet "dead soft" SS wire is way harder than copper. But cheaper than Sterling !
I might have to try it out.
Thanks for the show, Patty |
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Post by JR8675309 on Oct 8, 2022 6:47:08 GMT -5
rockjunquie are you saying the last cab is Damascus steel?
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 6:52:03 GMT -5
rockjunquie are you saying the last cab is Damascus steel? Indeed. I got it on Etsy. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 6:53:27 GMT -5
Amazing Tela, rockjunquie , every time you post more photos of wraps, I see yet more techniques you use (and I want to try). The Damascus Steel sure is flashy, but I really like that wrap, a perfect design for that stone. SS looks nice, I like how crisp some of the wire bends look, but I bet it's hard on the hands. Somehow I bet "dead soft" SS wire is way harder than copper. But cheaper than Sterling !
I might have to try it out.
Thanks for the show, Patty Thanks!
I don't think it comes in dead soft.  It's just plain spring hard. It is a challenge, but sometimes it's what's called for. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 8, 2022 11:18:31 GMT -5
Wow. From a visual standpoint, that really is hard to discern from silver! A person really has to be on their "A" game to be working with stainless steel - I think I'll wait a bit!! Gorgeous designs...and of course that last cab is crazy cool!! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 11:24:32 GMT -5
Wow. From a visual standpoint, that really is hard to discern from silver! A person really has to be on their "A" game to be working with stainless steel - I think I'll wait a bit!! Gorgeous designs...and of course that last cab is crazy cool!! In person, it has that steely look and looks less like the softer glow of silver. I have gotten requests for it, so I have some. Stainless steel men's jewelry is popular. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 8, 2022 11:33:23 GMT -5
rockjunquie didn't you make the one you cabbed into a piece for your grandson or something? I vaguely remember you doing something like that. BTW, they're all gorgeous and kudos to you for dealing with the finger pain!
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 11:42:03 GMT -5
rockjunquie didn't you make the one you cabbed into a piece for your grandson or something? I vaguely remember you doing something like that. BTW, they're all gorgeous and kudos to you for dealing with the finger pain! Now that you mention it.... I do remember that. It's not nearly as nice. I cheaped out on the Damascus.
My memory seems to be much less than it used to be. I was concerned about it actually and then I realized that I'm just getting old. LOL!!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 8, 2022 11:45:27 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 8, 2022 11:57:23 GMT -5
Yep, that's the one!  |
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Post by susand24224 on Oct 9, 2022 15:57:44 GMT -5
I am in awe of what you have done with that wire. I tried one time, and the results were not pretty; they weren't even passable. I've never tried again, although this is inspirational. I can't pick a favorite.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 9, 2022 16:02:40 GMT -5
I am in awe of what you have done with that wire. I tried one time, and the results were not pretty; they weren't even passable. I've never tried again, although this is inspirational. I can't pick a favorite. Thanks! Obviously, I don't use it often. |
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Post by khara on Oct 13, 2022 22:48:23 GMT -5
Oh rockjunquie I didn’t see this until now! Not sure how I missed the notification. These are all very nice! Thank you for taking the time to post them. It sounds like ss is a material to try after getting a lot of practice in with copper. I just really like the idea of it for some stones. Like that Damascus one, it is just fitting. 👍 |
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Post by khara on Oct 14, 2022 3:08:33 GMT -5
Very cool. It looks Groovy! Is the Damascus steel less messy to polish than psilomelane? (I love that word, even if that is not it, lol) I purchased that one- at a steep price, I might add, but I fell in love. It made me want to try it. So, I got some damascus and tried it. It was actually very easy to cab and not TOO messy- certainly not as messy as psilomelane. The quality of my cabs was not very good owing to the cheap damascus that I got. So psilomelane, it’s pretty messy? What are we talking about as far as mess goes? I was just looking at some and the guy also commented it’s messy but worth it. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 14, 2022 4:57:52 GMT -5
I purchased that one- at a steep price, I might add, but I fell in love. It made me want to try it. So, I got some damascus and tried it. It was actually very easy to cab and not TOO messy- certainly not as messy as psilomelane. The quality of my cabs was not very good owing to the cheap damascus that I got. So psilomelane, it’s pretty messy? What are we talking about as far as mess goes? I was just looking at some and the guy also commented it’s messy but worth it. Psilomelane is like grinding hard, black, sticky paint. It turns everything black. Especially your cuticles. |
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It's just plain spring hard. It is a challenge, but sometimes it's what's called for. 
