[Jewelry making - Article 00237] - Re: [Orchid] Allcraft Jewelry Supply

[Anne Larsen Hollerbach]

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    I would add to B. Miller's endorsement of Allcraft. I have been
    buying from them since 1996, when Tevel and Sarah Herbstmann bought
    the business and turned it around. Of particular note is their
    extensive inventory of wonderful German raising and forming hammers;
    excellent German red chaser's pitch;  a good selection of Japanese
    chasing tools; a marvelous range of good quality pliers [box joint],
    including some that are smaller than I have seen elsewhere and which
    see a lot of action on my bench. Several years ago, when inventories
    of raising stakes had fallen all over north America because Dixon
    steel was no longer making them, Tevel had patterns made and now
    produces an Allcraft line of traditional silversmithing stakes,
    including wonderful sinusoidal stakes and flatware stakes. These
    come with a superb finish and a coat of paint to protect the
    non-working surfaces. Allcraft  also imports the Latham enamels from
    England, including an scrumptious orange that I have never found
    anywhere else. 

    Allcraft is a small family operation that strives to do the best for
    its customers that it can. They are especially interested in helping
    beginners, and give a generous student discount, even to those who
    are enrolled in weekend workshops and similar programs instead of
    formal metals programs at colleges and universities. 

    I have no other affiliation with Allcraft except my satisfaction
    with their service and products. I send my students to them
    frequently. 

Anne Hollerbach


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