Heavyweight Silver Cuffs

These heavyweight silver cuffs were made from bars of solid sterling silver. They a heavier than normal but still have a great feel to them. With a hammered finish they will age well and provide years of wearability.

The stages of forming these silver cuffs:

1. Order long enough stock to start with!
2. Work out how much would be needed initially and cut the silver with a saw.
3. Mark the manderel at the size needed.
4. Rough form the silver over a manderel – with the silver being this thick, having an extra person on hand to hold the manderel and rotate it at the right time is a real bonus. Summon the man-power!
5. Fine tune the shape and take it down past the required size.
6. Texturing the surface of the cuff is done at the same time and the overall length increases as the piece is hammered
7. Measure again and then trim off the excess silver for each cuff
8. Smooth down the ends so that it is not rough on the tender parts of the wrist – this is important during the putting on and taking off process. Any burrs here will mean a nice red mark from the abrasive action. Measure again.
9. The piece is then given a finally polish and can be coloured at this point too.