Silver Saddle silver!!!!!

[silverchip]

Here is a piece of saddle silver that is part of a collaboration. I used my Enset to chase and engrave portions of it.

http://www.engraverscafe.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25445&d=1374793093&thumb=1&stc=1

 

[Peter_M]

Very nice Dave.

Peter

 

[JJ Roberts]

Dave, Well done keep up the good work. J.J.

 

[hsc]

Nice , you have mastered Sheridan leather tooling in silver, well done

 

[Don Butler]

David, is the background pierced? Very nice. You doing the conchos and horn cap the same way?

 

[silverchip]

Yes Don , I really am testing all my skills on this one. I started out with just raw silver and made all of the sheet metal first and then proceeded to make all the parts from that. It is repoussed from the back, chased from the front,filigreed and then engraved. There are 8 corners,a cantle binding,horn binding and gullet cover,the back of the cantle is covered,tap ends and fender corners too. Oh yea,I think 16 conchos .Never beat on so much silver for so long in my life!!!!

Spell check can't spell it either!!!

 

[thughes]

Wow Dave, that is gorgeous. Forgive my ignorance of saddles, but how big is that?

Todd

 

[silverchip]

Todd, It's about 6" tall and 3" wide.

 

[Willem Parel]

Beautiful work and superb lettering Dave, congratulations on this piece, the little mark at the upperend is that a stamp?

 

[mitch]

"a collaboration"? who all did what? (btw- it's very nice!)

 

[silverchip]

Well in this case I did the silver and Pedro is building the saddle that it's attached to.Might get some more pics as it progresses.

 

[mtgraver]

Dave, guess you answered my question, lol, should have looked here first. Look forward to seeing the completed collaboration.
Mark

 

[silverchip]

I should mention that Chris D. and I have been developing a new hammer handpiece for chasing. My suggestion for a name is "the HAMMA". A very powerful and easy to use tool.
It's a great aid in really "movin metal".

 

[DKanger]

My suggestion for a name is "the HAMMA".

Since it's so versatile, you could also call it the "REPOUSER" or the "FILIGREENO."
By the time you're all finished, they'll be calling you the "Concho Honcho."

 

[golden forge]

Absolutely beautiful piece, any vaquero should be proud to have that on their saddle, I know I would.
"Pedro"; is that as in Pedro Pedrini who is building the saddle?

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Beautiful work, Dave.

It has that leather carving look to it so should fit the saddle perfectly.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[silverchip]

Some progress with the corners

 

[Sam]

That's some mighty fine work there, Dave!! :clapping:

 

[Christian DeCamillis]

Dave,

It looks like that new hand piece can really move some metal. How thick is that silver? I assume you did all of that repousse with it. Does it speed up the process over using a hammer and punch ? Or does it give you more control. I am looking for feed back on the hand piece from you can you describe the advantages if any between it or a normal hammer and punch?

It definitely looks like it is working well for you. This project is beautiful.

Chris

 

[Paul Russell]

Hi Silverchip,
That's really nice work you're doing. I also like the silver hip (whiskey) flask you made and engraved a few months ago.
Cheers, Paul.