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The Silver Salon Forums are open to anyone with an interest in silver and a willingness to share. Know little or nothing about silver? Don't worry! Anyone with a genuine desire to explore the subject of silver and related metal crafts is welcome.

*** NO pre-sales/auction research or valuation questions. ***

The New Members Forums are where new members may begin posting. As a result of past misuse of the Silver Salon Forums by some new members, all new memberships will be restricted to the New Members Forums. All the public Silver Salon Forums will be viewable and searchable by anyone. Posting privileges may be extended to the other public forums once a new member has demonstrated that he or she:

Consistently respect and abide by the SSF Guidelines.
Actively and regularly participate.
Properly post photos.

There are many people here who can help answer your questions, increase your knowledge & enjoyment of silver. We are also looking forward to what you have to share with us. The first step is to register (click here).

Before your first post please thoroughly review the requests and suggestions in this The Yellow Box.

If you have read the SSF Guidelines, that's great.
If you have not read the
Silver Salon Forums Guidelines
please do it now.

The following few easy steps will ensure members read & respond to your first posts. This will help to get your SSF membership off to a great start:

Please introduce yourself
• Tell everyone about yourself, your interests in silver,
• And why you are posting.

We're not being snoopy; knowing will help us help you and to welcome you to our small community.

As we say in the Guidelines please note:
• There are some questions we won't answer, like "How much is this worth?".
• Also please do NOT post pre-sales/auction/professional research or valuation questions.
The SSF is for discussion and sharing our mutual passion/interests in silver/precious metal artifacts. Commercial/promotional aspects should be avoided. Also in the Guidelines there is information on how to quickly get posting privileges in all the Silver Salon public Forums.

Try the Search (click here) page
• Many of the basic who, what and where questions have already been asked and answered.
• Or there is an existing post/thread that your addition will compliment.

Post a picture
• It's not hard and will go a long way to getting other members to respond.
• Everything you need to know can be found in How to Post Photos (click here).
• If you can't post a photo, try a drawing.
Note: If you have a problem posting a photo, that is OK, but we will "snip" your mistake. Then please re-review How to Post Photos (click here) and try again so we may help you additionally. By carefully following the SSF posting photos instructions, then other members will be able to make helpful suggestions.

We hope that you will take a few moments to consider the above and as it will enure your membership in our community will be a rich and rewarding one.

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David C Walters Posts: 58 Registered: Apr 2012	posted 04-17-2012 09:23 AM My name is David and I just registered to participate in this fascinating forum. I wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself to all of you and to let you know what my interests are and what I hope to get out of the SSF. I began collecting silver in earnest a little over two years ago after my wife and I got married. We had acquired as gifts some silver flatware and I was off! I now spend seemingly all of my free time either reading up on, or actively collecting, American silver. I am fascinated with the history of the American silver industry in general and so I do not restrict the boundaries of my collecting/research. I look forward to corresponding with all of you in the future. Thanks for taking the time to read my introduction! [This message has been edited by David C Walters (edited 06-25-2012).] IP: Logged
Postnikov Posts: 133 Registered: Nov 2009	posted 04-17-2012 09:57 AM Hi David - welcome in this forum. I collect Russian and Baltic silver since over 20 years - so if you ever have some questions in this direction - let me know. Regards Postnikov IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 966 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 04-17-2012 10:29 AM Welcome, David! A wonderful introduction. IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1118 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 04-17-2012 11:48 AM A warm welcome from me too David! Nice to have you on board. Jersey IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 8460 Registered: Apr 99	posted 04-17-2012 12:04 PM Welcome. Great Intro. Your Pocket Guides on on the way. IP: Logged
David C Walters Posts: 58 Registered: Apr 2012	posted 04-17-2012 12:17 PM Thank you Scott! [This message has been edited by David C Walters (edited 06-25-2012).] IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 8460 Registered: Apr 99	posted 04-17-2012 01:47 PM quote: ... (I'm not allowed to respond to those yet) ... see: How to get posting privileges in the other SSF public forums IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 3762 Registered: Apr 99	posted 04-17-2012 10:42 PM Welcome. I too have a passing interest in the history of the craft and its practitioners. I look forward to your posts. IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1185 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 04-17-2012 11:38 PM Let me add my welcome as well, David. Thank you so much for the great introduction. I hope you will enjoy participating in this forum as much as I do. Kimo Contributing Editor IP: Logged
David C Walters Posts: 58 Registered: Apr 2012	posted 04-18-2012 08:19 AM Hello Everyone! Thank you all for the warm welcome and kind words. I am really looking forward to being an active participant in these forums. I can tell from some of the responses I've seen already that you have successfully assembled a fairly eclectic group of collectors. I am extremely impressed! IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1185 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 04-18-2012 09:07 AM Do you have a favorite object in your silver collection that you might like to post a photo of to start a discussion? We all love to see interesting silver things and talk about them. Let us know if we can help you through the process of posting photos. There are directions in the yellow box above, but sometimes people get stuck on a step or two. Kimo IP: Logged
David C Walters Posts: 58 Registered: Apr 2012	posted 04-18-2012 10:01 AM Hello Kimo, Oh do I have silver pieces that I'd love to post for discussion... I actually have one particular item that I'll be posting about at some point this weekend. I want to take my time with it and make it as thorough of a post as possible to ensure it promotes a lively discussion. I think I should be okay with posting photos - the Martins have done a very good job at providing instructions. IP: Logged
Hose_dk Posts: 341 Registered: May 2008	posted 04-18-2012 12:58 PM Also a welcome from Northern Europe, my speciality does not include american silver so you will not find responce from me But when you visit the old contries we will be there :-) welcome again. IP: Logged
David C Walters Posts: 58 Registered: Apr 2012	posted 04-20-2012 10:05 PM Hose_dk: I know next to nothing about European silver (sometimes to my embarrassment) and I look forward to learning from you in the future. This ignorance caught up with me last week when my aunt purchased an English sterling pap boat and expected me (the family "silver expert") to have some idea of its provenance. I had to do some research on the fly to maintain my hard earned reputation! IP: Logged
dragonflywink Posts: 762 Registered: Dec 2002	posted 04-24-2012 03:32 PM Hi David - nice introduction! I like to wander through old patents (as well as other places), and Nock is of interest since, in the mid '40s, my Mom initially chose his 1937 Rambler Rose (#D105,133) as her pattern, but ended up with a full service of his classic 1934 Candlelight (#D92,106) - used to find it rather boring, but age has given me more appreciation for the appeal of its simple sleek center ribbon over the intricate floral design. Another interesting Nock patent is the 1917 dripless tea/coffee strainer that he designed for Paye & Baker (#1,226,691); often misidentified as an infant or invalid feeder, it was produced in several forms, including a charming little bird, with the beak forming the spout. ~Cheryl [This message has been edited by dragonflywink (edited 04-24-2012).] IP: Logged
David C Walters Posts: 58 Registered: Apr 2012	posted 04-29-2012 10:28 PM Cheryl, Glad to hear that there's someone out there as interested in old patents as I am! I actually just picked up one of the Paye & Baker strainers that you mentioned [snip] precisely because I thought the patent was so interesting. Maybe someday down the road we'll have to start a few threads on nothing but fascinating patents (if it hasn't been done already). David IP: Logged

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