Hobby Collecting: Hand-poured Silver

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         A week ago, I saw something I liked on APMEX. It's a hand-poured silver piece. For those of you who don't know what that means, here's a good article. In general, poured goods are usually more expensive.

         As you can see, it depicts the Egyptian goddesses Ma'at and Mut. No, I don't know the exact mythology, but it's good enough that I know the basics. The purity and weight is also there amidst the hieroglyphics.

         On the other side of the same piece, there are more depictions of deities.

         This time, we have Hathor and Isis. I bet many of you had forgotten that Isis is a name before ISIS. I like how the purchase included the little pouch you see in the picture. I can put the piece in there while having it sealed up to prevent oxidation.

         Like I said, hand-poured silver is more expensive than the usual pressed counterparts. But, it's a unique piece that could be very valuable down the road due to the craftsmanship.

         I've got another piece coming that's delayed by delivery. Look forward to it.

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That's lovely. I think you should try your hand at the craft one day. Buying scrap silver is cheap and I'm sure you can find a mould you like.

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I'll have to learn some smelting. This COVID thing threw a major wrench in my plans.

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I've melted lead on a camp stove to make diving weights before with some old fishing crap I found in a harbor.

You would need a good butane or propane torch and well-insulated over for silver, but apparently you can use a microwave. I would personally buy a used one for that, give the circuit breaker a good test before doing it, and have a fire extinguisher handy, but it should be a neat experiment.

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A microwave? Sounds sketch.

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Don't worry, it won't give you COVID-19, it's just physics. However, you may be right with sketchy:

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Is possibly the simplest and best method for a DIY smelter I've seen.

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What do you do about oxidisation and tarnishing mate? Wife has tonnes of silver. Belts, bangles, chain mail type stuff. All decent but here in the tropics it's a nightmare actually keeping it silver! Do we need heat-sealed vacuum bags? She does actually wear it so it can't be 'too' sealed!

That piece of yours is gorgeous and the little sack really sets it off! I've never seen hand-poured pieces like that before and the detail is sublime.

For me, things like that aren't investments. They are just beautiful to look at. I find it very difficult seeing things that are beautiful as investments, no matter their value. In my case, I love beautiful stamps which I daren't bring out here due to the humidity but although some are rathervaluable, their value is just part of the beauty and I can't forsee a time I'd ever sell them.

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I keep the silver sealed for the most part. I don't see myself bringing them out until I need them or pass it on to my children.

I look at them, admire them, and then they are sealed indefinitely.

I've read stuff about vinegar or hand sanitizer as less damaging cleaners. I imagine the principle there is to have stuff that don't interact with the metal.

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This looks good.

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Thanks for that. Those spoons actually look like a set I have and brought over here. I won't show this to the wife or I could have a very busy day!

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What do you do about oxidisation and tarnishing mate? Wife has tonnes of silver. Belts, bangles, chain mail type stuff. All decent but here in the tropics it's a nightmare actually keeping it silver! Do we need heat-sealed vacuum bags? She does actually wear it so it can't be 'too' sealed!

That piece of yours is gorgeous and the little sack really sets it off! I've never seen hand-poured pieces like that before and the detail is sublime.

For me, things like that aren't investments. They are just beautiful to look at. I find it very difficult seeing things that are beautiful as investments, no matter their value. In my case, I love beautiful stamps which I daren't bring out here due to the humidity but although some are rathervaluable, their value is just part of the beauty and I can't forsee a time I'd ever sell them.

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What do you do about oxidisation and tarnishing mate? Wife has tonnes of silver. Belts, bangles, chain mail type stuff. All decent but here in the tropics it's a nightmare actually keeping it silver! Do we need heat-sealed vacuum bags? She does actually wear it so it can't be 'too' sealed!

That piece of yours is gorgeous and the little sack really sets it off! I've never seen hand-poured pieces like that before and the detail is sublime.

For me, things like that aren't investments. They are just beautiful to look at. I find it very difficult seeing things that are beautiful as investments, no matter their value. In my case, I love beautiful stamps which I daren't bring out here due to the humidity but although some are rathervaluable, their value is just part of the beauty and I can't forsee a time I'd ever sell them.

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That is really cool how they can make it look like it was from that time period. The things they can do with molds these days are pretty impressive. Like concrete for example. They can do some awesome stuff with concrete. This is really cool!

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Very nice. I really like hand-poured silver, nut prefer those that were poured by the silver community. And there are many outstanding silver hand pourer in YT, IG, and here on Hive. Stack on, my friend.
Take care @enforcer48 🥰🌺🤙

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Nice piece.. there's a lot of us here that buy silver.. plus a few that pour

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