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Fantastic Lynn. I am so proud of you and thankful to your great work on these.
I would love to know how you did and if you have pictures of them wtill like boxes.
Great of Rabah too to help you through that.
great pair, congratulations
Thank you so much for the kind comment Alaa. Here is a photo of them still-cupped:
Here is how I did it:
The bottom had been put on the bracelets with a very easy, probably leaded solder with a low melting point. I used a lot of flux on the bracelets with each heating to protect them from the fire. I was able to slowly heat the bracelets with the torch and the bottoms popped off easily. After that in several re-torchings I scraped off excess solder from the bottom. The hardest part was getting the pins unstick because they had been soldered at the bottom and I tried several times unsuccessfully. I finally got them unsuck by heated them until the solder flowed and got my husband to yank the pins up. I was lucky because the smith that did this work did not use much solder on the bracelets and everything came off cleanly without residue. After I was all done with the torch I cleaned them and then re-applied patina in the areas it had lifted (near the torch) with liver of sulfur.
great work, and on the spot advices from Rabah. I am roud of both of you!
I think that learning some smithing techniques and having appropriate tools and basic knowledge can halp a lot the ethnic jewels passionate and collector. you have prooved it well.
I am mistaken if thinking that these are pretty tiny bracelets?