Looks Great Sam! Reminds me when I bought a 'scope many years ago. Cranked it up to 30 power and proceeded to cut my name. Looked like I was cutting Grand Canyon! When I backed off to look at it, it was too small to read! I stayed with my Optivisor.
As above I use a scribe but there are conditions for its use. First, the metal needs to be polished to a well worn 600 grit polish. This is to let you scribe the lines in very lightly and still see them under good lighting. This will let you easily burnish out areas you wish to correct. If...
John, I got the impression he meant that in getting teeth and undercuts strong enough to hold the silver he had made the cavity too wide/big. I suggest using gold for testing which I find much easier to inlay than silver and use a fine scribe point to undercut (scratch) the outline and make...
Pap, I never used steel wool on ivory or its synthetics. I gave it a high polish, layed out the design then waxed. Starting with the darkest color (usually black) then waxing before moving on to the next darkest color area. Waxing after each color is added. The wax keeps you from wiping off...
Try a coat of Renaisance wax before scrimming. After each color is added to the design, coat that as well so that the ink is not thinned wihile working on the next area. I used to have trouble with the design fading away as I added each area of color until I used the wax. A trick I learned...