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 disc
Then 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! 💗
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! 💗
Great work. Love the attention to detail.
Thank you very much! 👍 I am delighted that you enjoyed the post my friend! 💗
Mine has a place of honor in my stack Vessel !!
Thank you buddy! 1 of only 2 in existence that are shiny 😀 You know who has the 2nd? And you are the one responsible for the discovery that they stand up! Lol.
SO awesome!!!! Beautiful bar. Excellent post! This is the first 4 oz Vessel bar I've seen, LOL!
Thanks so much sweetie! Yeah, I've been making them with a little shot lately to keep them at 4. I think 1-20 or maybe more are either 3.9 or 3.8. I appreciate the 💗 my SSFL👊
Mine is 4oz and the coolest by the way ;)
Hahaha, mine is 3.9. But I think that mine is the coolest!
Just wait until I get Vessie-kins @silvervessel to pour mine. And set aside that Portuguese 10 Silver coin I use as his Treasure map token. Might even get him to pour it as 4.2 oz! now that I know the weights of yours.
Great job brother! I love my vessel bar and I am so happy your having so much success with that bar! Best post I have seen yet!! 👍🏼🍺🥓
Thanks little brother! Very kind of you to say! Your logo bar kicks so much ass! I'm so happy to have one! Thank you for being a great bestie 💗
Bang up job Wassel! Those bars are so sick!
Thanks Pit! Yours and GPO's are special 💗 I really appreciate your friendship and support brother! 👊 Thanks for the love!
Great post @silvervessel! Glad to see Steemit working for the Metals Mafia! A+++ Resteemed
Oh yeah! 👍 Thank you very much for the support! Take care!
Nicely done. Amazing stuff. Keep up the good work
Thank you my friend! I appreciate the encouragment 👍
Holy hell bud u hit a curie vote! I never once recieved one of em, you're doing incredible on this post and I'm so happy for ya! 🙌 Bet you're glad you signed up eh? Lol So dope 👌😎
Lol, yeah I just kind of learned of curie this morning on stax post. I have no idea what happened, but I like it! And yes, steemit is growing on me for sure! Thank you so much for the support my good golden armed gold stackin guru friend! 💗
Sooo cool! Never knew what stacking was until I got on Steemit, lol.
Nice! It's a good discovery my friend! 👍 Thanks for stopping by!
Wow! Good work there and the presentation of how you did it is awesome too! Btw, are you able to save any of the tiny silver sandings from cleaning and sanding? If so, how do you do it? I swear everytime I do something like this I loose a bunch of silver..
Wow! Good work there and the presentation of how you did it is awesome too! Btw, are you able to save any of the tiny silver sandings from cleaning and sanding? If so, how do you do it? I swear everytime I do something like this I loose a bunch of silver..
Thank you so much! I appreciate the compliment! 👍 With the dremmel, the loss is so miniscule it really doesn't matter. I probably end up inhaling most of it anyway! Lol!
Well done my friend I hope to see you on the Tuesday chat.
Hi MM! 👋 Welcome! Sorry for the late reply!
Very cool to see all the steps to making these beauties. I will be needing to add one of these to my collection very soon.
Thanks Walt! Glad you liked it! 👍 I will be happy to make you one my friend!
Excellent work and craftsmanship, welcome to steemsilvergold.
Thank you my friend! Glad you enjoyed! I appreciate the welcome! 👍