[Jewelry making - Article 00199] - [Orchid] Unusual gravers

[Melissa Veres]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

    I have several unusual gravers, and hope that someone out there may
    be able to shed some light on their possible use.  I have 3 bent
    liners, with the lines cut on the inside edge of the curve.  In
    other words, they are "inside out", from their usual orientation.  I
    have heard from another engraver that they had the same type of
    inside out gravers, but theirs were a round, and an onglette in
    shape. They are all manufactured by the E.C.Muller Company, and in
    both cases, purchased as part of a lot of close-out gravers.  The
    only thing I could think of for their use might be for ornamental
    work on large diameter bowls, sort of like the old-fashioned
    repousse, chased and engraved floral pattern borders of years ago. 
    They definitely won't cut a flat surface! 

    Does anyone out there have any suggestions as to what they were
    originally used for?  I thought the liners were just cut on the
    wrong side of the tool, but since I heard about the round and
    onglette versions of the same shape, I'm thinking they must have had
    some arcane use! 

Melissa Veres, Engraver
mveres AT fast.net


____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________