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 145 15 16 17 18 Showman Western Show Saddle  US $985.00
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 Herdsman 16 Western Show Saddle Silver Custom Hand Carved and Tooled QUALITY US $325.00
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 14 15 Western Pleasure Trail Training Double T saddle US $335.00
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 16 SHOWMAN Fully Floral Tooled Show Saddle Tons of Silver FQHB US $950.00
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 Double T Western 16 Western Horse Show Saddle 701116 Full QH Bars Fully Tooled US $554.95
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 15Leather Western Double T Barrel Racing Trail SADDLE US $299.00
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 New 13 Kids Child Youth Western Show Silver Pony Tooled Saddle Tack Set US $224.99 |
 16 DOUBLET SILVER Western Equitation SHOW SADDLE DARK US $410.00
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 PREMIUM LEATHER WESTERN SHOW SADDLE FULL QUARTER HORSE LIGHT OIL SIZE 16 US $859.99
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 12Leather SILVER Tooled Kid Western Show SHILOH SADDLE US $320.00
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 13Leather SILVER Tooled Kid Western Show SHILOH SADDLE US $320.00
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 15 Western Leather Barrel Pleasure Show Saddle US $325.00
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 Don Rich Custom Show Reining Pleasure Saddle 16 US $3,750.00
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 Don Rich Custom Show Reining Pleasure Saddle 16 1 2 US $3,750.00
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 SHOWMAN Fully Hand Tooled Silver Show Saddle 16 US $1,335.00
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 NEW High Horse by Circle Y Pasadena Western Show Saddle 6312 16 Seat US $1,250.00
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 Brown Western Reiner Star Studded Show Trail Saddle 15 US $394.00
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 SHOWMAN Fully Hand Tooled Silver Show Saddle 145 US $1,300.00
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 New 10 Kids Child Youth Western Show Silver Pony Tooled Saddle Tack Set US $224.99 |
 13 SHOW KING II All Around Western Show Saddle Package US $520.60
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 13 MEDIUM OIL FLORAL TOOLED YOUTH SHOW SADDLE US $359.00
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 12 MEDIUM OIL FLORAL TOOLED YOUTH SHOW SADDLE US $339.00
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 14 DARK OIL FLORAL TOOLED YOUTH SHOW SADDLE US $379.00
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 12 LIGHT OIL FLORAL TOOLED YOUTH SHOW SADDLE US $339.00
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 17 Brown Oil Leather Show Saddle Horse Silver HS BC FREE Western Pony Trail NEW US $304.88
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 15 KING Western Pleasure SHOW Saddle Package SILVER US $663.10
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 Billy Cook Travis County Show Saddle 16 US $1,245.00
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 Tooled Western Pleasure Silver Show Saddle 16 Lt Oil US $650.00
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 Fully Tooled Western Pleasure Silver Show Saddle 16 Medium Oil Leather US $499.00
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 16 Western Pleasure Trail SHOWMAN Show leather saddle Tack Handtol TON SILVER US $999.00
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 16 Western Pleasure Trail SHOWMAN FQH Hand2l GERMAN silver FULL leather saddle US $999.00
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 15 Fully Tooled Show Saddle Set w Silver Corner Plates US $475.00
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 Bobs Western Show Saddle US $3,300.00
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 WESTERN SHOW SADDLE PKG BORDER TOOLED BLACK 17 SUEDE SEAT NEW US $219.99
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 Silver Royal All Around Exhibitor Saddle 15 US $1,249.00
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 Silver Royal All Around Exhibitor Saddle 16 US $1,249.00
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 Silver Royal All Around Exhibitor Saddle 13 US $1,199.00
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 Silver Royal All Around Exhibitor Saddle 14 US $1,199.00
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 16 Fully Tooled Show Saddle Set w Silver Corner Plates US $500.00
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 Western Show Saddle US $575.00
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 Grand Showman Saddle 16 Breast Collar US $1,100.00
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 16 Premium Leather Show Saddle FULL QUARTER HORSE BARS Acorn Tooling US $590.00
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 SILVER SHOW 16 WESTERN PROTOTYPE SAMPLE PLEASURE TRAIL COWBOY RANCH SADDLE US $76.00
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 BILLY ROYAL Show Saddle CONGRESS Youth Light Dark 13 14 US $1,819.99
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 16 Premium Leather Fully Tooled Double T Show Saddle US $723.00
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 Broken Horn Floral Tooled Show Saddle 155 US $1,500.00
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 Ryons Troy West built Jay Lynn Gore tooled hardtofindsize 14 1 2 Reining Saddle US $1,800.00
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 16Western DbL T Barrel Racing Trail SADDLE US $299.00
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 12 Fully Tooled Double T Pony Show Saddle US $325.00
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 16 FULLY TOOLED WINNERS CIRCLE SILVER WESTERN SHOW HORSE SADDLE US $80.44
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Silver Craft- Basic Techniques For Working With Silver
Silver is extremely malleable and ductile and as such, it is highly preferred by silversmiths for making silverware and silver jewelery. Silver craft takes years to learn as an apprentice to a silversmith, or in some college or university offering such courses. Perfection comes only with practice. However, the basic techniques can be learned by anyone who has patience, and the right tools!
Piercing: Silver is cut to form a basic shape or to make a decorative pattern with a piercing saw. When creating a pattern, a small hole is drilled in the silver sheet to allow the blade of the saw to be positioned. The blade is then attached to the piercing saw, under tension. Blades can be coarse allowing fast cutting or very fine for detailed work. The blades are delicate and can be easily snapped. As such, work must be done slowly. The blade is held vertically and metal is moved slowly to make curves or corners. Blades are also lubricated by passing them through beeswax, which makes cutting smoother. The work is supported on a bench peg which is screwed to a workbench having a V cut into it so that both the sides of the cut are supported. Small shavings of metal called lemel are collected from under the piercing onto a leather or paper cloth, which are then recycled into new silver.
Soldering: Pieces of silver are joined by soldering. Silver solder, that comes in various alloy mixes but mainly containing silver, is used for soldering. Silver solder melts at a very high temperature and so a blow torch is used. The temperature required to melt silver solder is very close to the temperature at which the piece being worked upon would itself melt. To manage the temperatures, soldering and other torch work is usually done in darkness so that the color of the metal, as it heats, can be used to measure the temperature of the piece. Silver solder come in soft, medium and hard versions having lower, higher and highest melting points. Pieces where multiple soldering is required use hard solder at first, and work down the grades with subsequent soldering so that each addition does not melt or distort the previous one. Lead solder should never be used as its high temperatures cause the solder to run all over the silver, damaging and making it useless.
Annealing: The more a piece is worked, the harder and more brittle it becomes. Repeated annealing keeps silver soft, malleable and easier to work with. It is done with a torch in darkness. Silver is heated until it gives soft pinkish red glow, which is the point just before melting. The piece is then immediately cooled in cold water, which freezes the molecules into the alignment they were in when almost molten, and thus makes it easier to work. However, working with a torch leaves fire stain on silver which is removed by pickling.
Pickling: Fire stained silver piece is placed in acid bath, mostly sulphuric acid, to remove any oxidization before working on it. Pickling salts are used for works done on smaller scale. The pickling solution is kept warm to speed the process. The piece is then rinsed in running water, and cleaned with pumice powder to remove any remaining traces.
Shaping: The work is shaped into finished form in many ways, depending on the desired shape. Tubular shapes like rings and bangles are formed on mandrels that are held in a vice, while the annealed metal is hammered with a mallet of wood or hide. Bowls and other such curved pieces are domed on leather sandbags, wooden or metal doming blocks, using wooden or shaped metal hammers.
Polishing: Polishing is a long process, where a piece is rubbed with progressively finer wet and dry papers to remove any tool marks. It can then be wheel polished, polished with a fine polishing mop on a pendant drill, or barrel polished, where it is soaked in a soap solution with steel shot and rotated for 10 minutes or so. Polishing makes the piece smooth and shiny, free of all marks.
These were the basic techniques of silver craft. Silversmith, however, adopt many other advanced techniques also like hand fabrication, lost wax casting, die striking, and electroforming etc. For beginners, initially its better to work in a base metal such as brass or copper, as they are much cheaper metals to allow for mistakes.
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