[Jewelry making - Article 00807] - Re: [Orchid] Making ring of solid mokume gane

[Thomas Janstrom]

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Hi Chris,

>     congratulations Thomas on your success, but personally I make my
>     rings a minimum of 1.9mm thick for the small sizes, out of solid
>     seamless mokume gane.even for shanks of engagement rings. I've
>     found rings much thinner than that aren't durable and don't last as
>     long as thicker rings.

    Thanks for the kind words, let me just clarify one thing, the ring I
    made was an approximately one half scale "model" and so the shank
    thinness of 0.9mm is about right, generally I won't make or sell a
    ring with a shank thickness under 1.8mm I usually aim for 1.9 (like
    you) to 2.1mm (for a men's ring). I totally agree there is something
    special in a ring with heft to it, it's not that it says "look at me
    I can afford an oz of metal", but that the wearer "knows" that they
    have the ring on. Does that make sense? 

    I did notice some seams, but I took those to be "early" attempts
    (maybe I was wrong in that assessment), but yes some patterns are
    easier to hide (I don't think that's the right term, but it will do
    for now) a seam in, and yes the more regular the pattern (star or
    linear wood grain) the easier it is. 

    I have noticed a couple of my wedding set customers thinking about
    seamless rings as they imply a union truly without end (at least
    that is my take on their reasoning!), so now I can supply rings to
    this motif as well. I will, like I said in my earlier post, give
    Wayne's method a try soon, as I feel the more ways you can do a task
    the better. 

Cheers, Thomas.
Janstrom Designs.
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