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iconnumber posted 06-13-2022 10:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bolster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Bolster here. History of my silver disease: Parents always interested in sterling, and I became infected by proximity. Started with mom's 150-pc sterling spoon collection (which took her decades to assemble), jumped to sets (Old Colonial is the one that remained--beautiful but painful), then the disease jumped to coins, then just starting on bullion. Working on my second roll of Franklin Halves as we speak. Clearly the infection has gotten worse because I sought out you folks. Glad to join the colony.

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iconnumber posted 06-14-2022 02:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bolster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm new here so can’t respond to the questions in the General Forum but YES I have done engine turning, aka Jeweling, Damascening, Krayling, Snailing, Swirling. I've not done it on silver, just steel and brass. I use a hobby mill that has .001" control on the table, and metal brushes. For a soft metal like silver I'd look for the smallest diameter bristles I could find.

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Kimo

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iconnumber posted 06-14-2022 10:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kimo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi and welcome, Bolster! I like your engine turned magnifying glass - it is nicely done and it has a nice 3-D effect.

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iconnumber posted 06-14-2022 12:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Please thoroughly read the Guidelines for info about gaining access to the other forums.

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iconnumber posted 06-14-2022 01:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for June Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Welcome, Bolster. Happy to have you join our community.

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Whimz

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iconnumber posted 06-16-2022 06:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Whimz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Any particular favorite of yours among the 150 spoons? I always enjoy seeing those around, mainly in antique stores in the US, but I saw them in gift stores a lot more in the UK.

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iconnumber posted 07-18-2022 12:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kimo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
One of the first kinds of silver I ever collected was grapefruit spoons, mainly because I have always like grapefruit. They are easy to spot in a pile of old silver because of their pointy tips, and often they are found as souvenir spoons with interesting scenes embossed or engraved in their bowls.

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