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| raynerd:
Hi, has anyone on here ever made anything out of sterling silver? I`ve always had an interest and desire to have a sponsors stamp and register with the assay office here in the UK. I believe the stamp can be purchased for about £70 but you have that for life and to register for 10 years(!) is very reasonable. I totally understand that this is not necessary and would work out very expensive for both the silver and the process of hall marking but I`m curious if anyone has gone through the process and any advice or info you could give me. I`m considering trying to introduce the use of a silver part somewhere in the clock just to fulfill this idea but I can`t even imagine yet what I would make. I`ve considered the hands which are at the top of my likely list at present. A bezel around the rim face would be nice but I think too big and too awkward to make. I`m sure I can come up with something! This could all be a pipe dream but I`d like to hear anyones input. Chris |
| PTsideshow:
IMO, it would only be to add something extra that might be important to you. It would be pointless to have only one part Sterling Silver @ this time Silver is going for $41.54 or 25.50 pounds per ounce. can't see where it would make the clock work better. Other than bragging rights. Most jewelry supply houses sell the stamps and the number stamps for silver and gold in the US, no registration required. on line site for hallmarks, makers marks and all things of that nature this is the best site for your kinds of questions including a forum that would be able to tell you, the in and outs of the registering. :thumbup: Personally I have only used my sterling and number stamp but once. And that was for a real jerk of a customer, who brought me some junk silver jewelry that had no marks. But tested as sterling was melted down and made into a very nasty looking broach type pin. She insisted on the piece being stamped. I really pissed her off when I told her not to be offended when the scrap jewelry dealer test is for it's content. Fine silver is 999 parts per 1,000 High Fine is 999.5 parts per 1,000 Sterling is 925 parts per 1,000 with copper being the remaining 75 parts The legal standard in the British Commonwealth is called Britannia Silver 95.83 parts with 4.17 copper At one time it was the Jewelry standard used in England to discourage melting down of coins sterling of the realm(1697-1719) There are a number of other alloys used a couple of coin silver,and tarnish free silver in addition to Argentinimum :dremel: |
| mike os:
keep me updated on this :thumbup: |
| 75Plus:
Chris, Have you considered adding silver to the pendulum bob. Perhaps the friend that engraved the sun dial could add some decoration then you could hall mark it. Joe |
| raynerd:
PTsideshow - thanks for the input. Yes, I 100% understand that it isn`t necessary for any parts and equally I can tell you that I`m never going to sell the clock so as far as having it hallmarked for authenticity, this isn`t needed either as I`ll know it is silver! Your first sentence is correct, it is something I`ve wanted to do for a long time and therefore it is just something for me, I suppose you could call it, "Bragging rights", just something extra to mention when people see my clock. MikeOS - yes, any update will be on here or on my clockbuild thread. Certainly nothing will happen for another month or two. 75Plus - that is really great idea. In theory I could cut a shallow grove and replace it with a silver inlay in the pendulum bob or weight. I still like the idea of doing the hands but I think the weight could work against me. Not sure how I would inlay the silver piece into the steel bar if I went with your idea. Regards Chris |
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