Can mild steel be used as inlay in the steel used in guns and knives? I'm taking a class using keum bo technique on mild steel, which is more of an application for jewelry. I really like the results and am wondering if I can use the mild steel for inlay. Would there be rust issues or galvanic...
Ok, I was reading about inlay and got off on the thread about a scorper. After reading four pages of different descriptions of a scorper, a disagreement between a scorper and a scraper which Roger B very sweetly and politely diffused, different pictures posted of a scorper that to me look...
There is a jewelry artist that has been using a technique of fusing gold to steel to create design as opposed to using inlay. Her name is Bette Barnett and on her website she compares this to Keum-bo technique of fusing gold to fine silver. Her application is solely on jewelry. Any ideas if...
I just read dcurrie911 question about blackleaf. What is blackleaf? I googled it and I still can't tell if this is a type of patina or a style of engraving or both. Thank you. Diane b.
I love the texture created on these earrings by Marco Bicego. Was this texture created using a very fine liner? At one point, there was a video that showed the engravers in the workshop working on the jewelry pieces, but it looked to me like the gravers they were using were bolino gravers...