[Jewelry making - Article 00099] - Re: [Orchid] Differences in Silver

[Sharron]

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Dear All,

    As someone who has lived and worked in Japan I want to point out
    that the main silver they use is 950  not 925 

    It is expensive but beautiful to work with.  I have a good number of
    sheets stamped with the 950 and when I make something using this
    prized (by me if no one else)  I make sure it is something to be very
    happy and proud of. Remember this is the country which developed
    shakudo for the swords handles and I also have a nice collection of
    sheets of this plus the bag of mysterious 'chemical's to bring out
    the lovely deep black color on the copper + gold mix metal.  I had
    contacts when I lived there but could still not get a list of the
    chemicals in the dip nor the percentage of gold in the copper-gold
    sheets. 

    Japan like the rest of Asia.  or maybe more than the rest of Asia is
    on the 'keep it all a mystery' system to make sure the methods are
    kept secret and special. 

    This is not a criticism but just a piece of information. 

    Keep up the beauty of life. 

    Sharron in Dry, hot, and sandy Bahrain.  Moving soon......and happy
    to get over to lush K.L.  

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