SilverPunk

18 hours ago, monkey said:

After watching @BackyardBullion and @SilverPunk on YouTube and getting in touch with them, I bought some liver of sulphur and polish to have a go my self. I'll pop my results in the thread I started linked below.

 

Good luck, ! its very much experimenting with amount of liver of sulphur added, time and temp until you get the results you want  looking forward to seeing how you get on!

1 hour ago, LiquidMetalsUK said:

Hey all hope everyone is doing well.

So this December the organisers of the Vegas coin show have invited me over as a guest artist. I've been looking forward to this for a few months now and can't wait to represent uk poured silver as the first uk artist to attend 

If any of our american friends on the forum will he attending feel free to drop me a message as hoping to meet as many people as possible.

I'm flying out next Wednesday and will be I'm Vegas through till Monday evening 

Pics of the bars ive designed and made for the show 

Have a great week all 

so cool!!!!! thank you for representing the UK side of things! good luck out there!

21 hours ago, DavePa said:

That is very cool indeed. My compliments on both the creativity and execution. 

Dave

thank you for the kind words, did have a lot of fun making this little one!

3 hours ago, 365DaysofSilver said:

How many days left to go till this is mine? ⏳

hahahahaha Sorry matey, the force works in mysterious ways, this one has gone now.......

30 minutes ago, JamesH said:

Have ummed and ahh’d about this one for too long. I’ll take it please. Drop me a pm and I’ll get you paid 👍🏼

Many thanks!

will PM you with the details  

yeah sometimes if part of a set or a small piece date letters and makers marks were left off

Late 18th / early 19th century in my view, the lion mark is the lion passant which denotes its sterling silver, the other side profile mark is the monarch mark, looks like George III from the photo, i would have a guess at it being made in London, it is indeed a folding pocket knife with a mother of pearl case, most likely for fruit, however these can sometime be found in sets sometimes with a folding fork and spoon also. if you google pocket fruit knife you may find some more similar im guessing.

hope this helps

2 minutes ago, 365DaysofSilver said:

Beautiful piece!

Hold it for me for 359 days?

Stay strong my friend, resist..... I'm sure we could make something similar if you still have the urge next year  

17 minutes ago, Leonmarsh said:

There is only liquidity in certain coins sovereigns in short 

Numismatics are not getting the love they deserve as their being benchmarked against spot coins 

I had someone message me asking why my 5 roubles was not spot? Because it's not a basic sovereign was the answer 

yes indeed, been in the antiques business / collectables for nearly 3 decades, heard this many times about prices on silver items e.g. cups teapots etc, sometimes spot price has absolutely nothing to do with a price of an item or coin, sometimes collectability and rarity is a key so many miss and bemoan the price.

I had a look at the UK debt clock, it is frightening to see it ticking up so quickly every second!

yeah looks like a silver plated one with makers marks on it from the photo

really not sure on this one, was it more an import tax rather than normal VAT?

might be hard to get it of UK HMRC as it was Croatia would it be them you claim back from, are you VAT registered in either country?

5 minutes ago, Aldebaran said:

Really pleased to see your work.

I was thinking earlier today whether anyone made any items related to Nikola Tesla. He is an iconic figure in some areas!!

Look forward to seeing more. 🌞

Thank you for the kind words, i shall speak with my fellow Silver Punk & 3d print partner and see if he is able to find a Tesla design, that is a great idea!

3 minutes ago, JamesH said:

Think the skull rounds look great 👍🏼 

thank you very much, nice to mess around with the toning on those ones.

4 minutes ago, monkey said:

Cool I'll keep an eye out for the video and sup to your channel. I'm coming at this from the digital side my self. looking to find a cost effective way of getting some designs poured, but they might be to the larger end of the pour spectrum.

here is a video showing the last few prints he did

1 hour ago, monkey said:

Glad to see your still swimming in the deep end and pushing the boat out further with your casting ventures! I quite like your Einsteins and skull rounds. 🙌

Who do you get to produce your 3D prints? I guess your using stock CAD online for the data?

Hi Monkey!

to be honest my friend handles that side of things, im just the pourer drone, i know he does get stock 3d designs from a couple of sites, and the ones he creates himself i think are done in blender and something else to do the mesh before printing? im not to up on that sort of thing, i will ask him though to talk me through it when i see him next! I think he is in the process of doing a video for your channel on it.

2 minutes ago, SidS said:

Wow! Some great stuff there. 🙂

thank you very much!

4 minutes ago, stefffana said:

Yep. But not a 800g one...😊

800g! didnt see that, its a chunk then, perhaps it for a giant then

i would say its an Albertina chain very popular in Victorian times!