walnut pendant

cool those came out great. i bet the customer will love them.

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Those leaves look great!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Thanks.The customer was very excited.

Zebrano,

Your work is quite unique and interesting. This pendant is such an unusual piece and the leaves add a nice detail to it as well.

Very nice.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

You English is fine – but your work speaks for itself, in the Universal langauge of wood. Your leaves look very lifelike.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

This piece is wonderful. I’m with Bill, your work speaks for itself. Your English is understandable, too.

-- Maplewood, MN

Thanks for all compliments you`ve made. I try to make something new and unusual for my experience time by time.

What fantastic work! I haven’t tried to make any realistic looking items, it’s probably best if I stay away from that! :-)

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

Great work! Are the dark lines on the leaves in the first picture the German silver?

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif - I may not be good, but I'm slow.

Yes,the dark lines on the leaves is German silver.It looks dark because it must be annealed before inlaying.

Thank you. Do you have any information on the anealing process or know where I could find such information? I have had some ideas about inlaying silver accents in some furniture pieces but wasn’t sure where to start. Annealing sounds like the first step.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif - I may not be good, but I'm slow.

Silver is quite soft metal,there is no need to anneal it before inlaying.I anneal hard metals such as bronze,German silver,brass.I anneal metals using burning gas of my range till the metal become red.
And as you understand we don`t use a wire,we use a ribbon 1-1,5 mm width.

Thanks, again for the information. I did not know about the difference between regular silver and German silver. It makes sense to use German silver.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif - I may not be good, but I'm slow.

German silver is just a name for composition of copper,nickel,iron and manganese.

Always learning. Thanks, again.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif - I may not be good, but I'm slow.

You are welcome!