The Making Of My Silver Vessel Logo Bar
I thought I would give you all a look at the making of my logo channel silver bar. It has become pretty popular, so here is how I make them. The mold was carved for me by our "carver" Ag Randall from a chunk of wax. The Bear @theb3ar was kind enough to make a hard resin master mold by casting the wax mold. This will hold up forever!
I fill one half of the flask with petrobond sand and smooth it over. apply powder, and press in the mold about half way.
Carefully remove the mold. It leaves a nice impression.
This will hold a perfect 4 ounces
With a little extra shot for good measure
Time to liquify the shiny precious metal!
I do these bars as "open pours" as opposed to closed cast. I like the uneven rugged look of the open pour for this bar.
Time to quench
Lets see what she weighs...
Perfect! Now on to clean up. First, I remove the "warts" and high spots with a dremmel and a hard aggressive, yet smooth bit.
Then a sandpaper discThen a smoother leveling bit
You can see the tooling marks, so I take it to the hand sanding
Up to 5000 grit paper for this particular bar
Time for a final weight check
Good to go! Now time to stamp her up! I start with my hallmark ship stamp
Then the weight, purity, and serial number. This is number 29
Then its off to the tumbler for burnishing. I use Shine Bright. A little goes a long way! I tumble for about 3 hours in stainless steel jewelers shot.
Here she is, fresh out the tumbler all shiny as can be!
After a quick rinse and pat dry it's ready to be blackened. I use a top secret method. (Not LOS) It is wet, and needs to dry for some time. I usually wait overnight.
Next I do a once over with 0000 steel wool hitting all the high spots, sides, and back
Leaving a little patina on the back for that old pirate treasure look
Bringing us to the final product
I hope you enjoyed the ride my steemy friends! Thank you!
This is AMAZING. It sure looks like a lot of work and a lot of knowledge. I have appreciation for the final product. I am very amazed at the effort involved in getting there. I've been waiting for a post like this to see the amount of work you guys are doing. Thank you very much.
Aye, and that's why I value Poured Pirate silver above all other silver. Knowing full well that this soul @silvervessel put in untold sweat pourin hours, back breakin passion (feely weely stuff) into his Channel bar fer thee next TEN generations to behold Arrrh!
And thank you Kerris! 💏 You are such a seeetie!
Aww shucks 😄 I thank you from the bottom of my heart 💗 I really appreciate the kind words and the love! I'm so glad you enjoyed it my friend! 👍 Yes, alot of work goes into each one. I USUALLY end up pouring one 2-3 even 4 times before im happy with it! This one thankfully was a first try 😀 It is a labor of love!
That is a really cool silver product. Nice Production, Good Job!
Thank you very much! I appreciate that! 👍 Im glad you enjoyed!
Excellent work
Thank you very much! 💗
Big UP's Very Nicely Done on this Posting @silvervessel. The DON is Proud of You !
Thanks Stok! Im so glad you liked the post! 💗 Thanks for the love! And I always hoped the Don was proud of me 😄
Sweet handsome bar Vessie.
Handsome 😂 I spose it is! Lol. Thanks Kerris-kins
Ahhhhh yeeaaaahhhhh! Just so everyone knows my Vessel bar is the coolest!
Did I tell you that mine is definitely the COOLEST!
Lol! 😂😂😂 You guys! You're making me blush! 😳 Is yours the one with a double zero stamp? If so, thats an error bar, so its definitely the coolest! 😎
Lol! Very sweet of you to say bud! 💗 I'm so happy you like it! Thank you for your awesomeness Sup! 👍
Awesome work mate..... I believe a lot of hard work was put into this...
But the results were totally worth it...
Amazing work mate.
Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked, and appreciate the work I (we) do 👍 Thank you for the love! 💗
Great work. Love the attention to detail.
Thank you very much! 👍 I am delighted that you enjoyed the post my friend! 💗
Awesome Vessel!
It's nice to see the process. All the work that goes into the bar. No wonder everyone wants one!
My bar is fantastic! I really love it, my friend thank you so much for sending me one!😆👍💖
Thanks so much sweetie! I am completely thrilled my bars have gone all over the globe! 🌎 I appreciate your support! Glad you love it! 💗
Excellent work and craftsmanship, welcome to steemsilvergold.
Thank you my friend! Glad you enjoyed! I appreciate the welcome! 👍