one more "push engraving" belt buckle "SALMON"

[Dmitry Martinov]

This is my new work I finished yesterday. The material is "german silver". It took 72 hours from start to finish.

 

[KSnyder]

Dmitry,
I like it being a fisherman myself. How heavy was the sheet metal for the buckle, those cuts look pretty deep.
The irregular edges give it a nice touch.
Kent

 

[Dmitry Martinov]

KSnyder
I took two plates, one 2mm and other 1,6mm.

 

[Peter E]

Nice work. I like it very much.

Peter

 

[Degs]

Excellent........ Yup I like that a lot!!!!

 

[monk]

i've done over 1600 buckles over the years. most brass, nickel silver, a few sterling, but none of mine were quite this interesting !!!! nice to look at

 

[Dmitry Martinov]

thank you monk, maybe you can post some pictures, for example the most interesting you made.

 

[Mike Cirelli]

Good looking buckle. Nice concept of the breaking water. Good job.
Mike

 

[D.DOUGLAS]

Dmitry, very nice. I am working on a large one right now with a scroll pattern. Lots of background being removed. i like the fact that two pieces were used to give it so much depth altho it looks like a lot of saw blade work.That is still faster than grinding or engraving all that background out.Speaking of fish its about time to go fishing. Its been a long winter. Doug

 

[Kerry Bogan]

Dmitry
Very nice!! You said you did it in two pieces, did you pierce and saw out the top piece?
Kerry

 

[Dmitry Martinov]

Thx guys! D.DOUGLAS: it took about 2,5 hours of saw blade work. I'll go to see some whales soon and may be shark fishing

 

[Dmitry Martinov]

Kerry Bogan: First plate goes like background, the top plate is the working plate, where it necessary material was removed. Then plates was soldered together. On the 3rd picture you can see the back of the buckle. I can make some drawing to explain how the belt will be connected.

 

[Marcus Hunt]

wonderful work......

I'd really like to see from start to finish how you go about making a belt buckle like this. I'd love to give it a go myself sometime.

 

[Dmitry Martinov]

Marcus Hunt Here is some drawings with explanation of making the belt buckle. Glad you like the buckle I made.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hi Dmitry

Thanks for taking the time to draw and post those drawings. Really appreciated.

I love the sheer boldness of the buckle.

Cheers
Andrew