Bright cut and bright cut bead set with resheped onglette gravers

[Dmitriy Pavlov]

Hello all.
These are the tutorials that I have promised a while ago on the bright cut, and bright cut bead set. Sorry for the delay, I had a lot of work to finish asap. This bead set is different from the norm, because the beads are lifted up first, and only then is the metal cut around it, as shown in picture #5. The small cuts on picture #4 are intended to stop your graver from running into the beads, and also make the work much easier and faster. For this kind of bright cut, and bright cut bead set, use the reshaped onglette gravers.

 

[Donald Bell]

Dmitriy, Thanks for the photo of the engravers. Could you explain the angles of the faces, and sequence of cuts for the brightcuts around the stone.
Thanks,Don
www.Bellknives.com

 

[nomentalgiant]

Wow!
Nice work, you have a great looking style that's all your own. Very inspiring. Thanks for posting!

 

[Dmitriy Pavlov]

Dmitriy, Thanks for the photo of the engravers. Could you explain the angles of the faces, and sequence of cuts for the brightcuts around the stone.
Thanks,Don
www.Bellknives.com

Hi, Don.
A sharpening angle is depend from hardness of a metal what you cut. For a sterling it will be around 45-50 degrees. I can not tell it more correct because I prefer sharpening my gravers by hands on a sharpening stones.
Usually I make first 2 small cutes around a bead. It will works as stoppers for my graver, and protect a bead. Later I make a bright cut at an opposite bead end a next cut have a towards direction so that on top there was only a thin line.
My apologies for my broken English, but I hope, that I have written can be understandable

 

[S.Hartzell]

Dmitriy yes relay great work for someone like me learning at home seeing it from start to finish is truly inspiring keeps me chipping a way hope to be in a class room learning as soon as my back surgery is done thanks for posting s.hartzell

 

[jlseymour]

Dmitriy,
Great info for a jeweler that just taking up engraving.
There's alot tricks and other ways we all need to learn.
Thanks for sharing, it will come in very handy...
Jerry

 

[Sam]

Dmitriy: THANK YOU for taking the time to create a very nice tutorial. I appreciate your effort and I have added it to the Tips Archive. Efforts like this help to make the Cafe a fantastic resource for all of us. ~Sam

 

[Donald Bell]

Dmitriy, Thanks for the drawing, it explains the graver perfectly. I usually use a flat graver to brightcut around stones, but this looks to be less bulky. I'll give it a try this week.
regards, Don
www.Bellknives.com

 

[Dmitriy Pavlov]

Hi, Donald.
If your right site onglette have a really sharp down edge, don't forget protect the thumb. You may cut it very strong.