Explore the basics of silversmithing from the colonial times of Paul Revere. This lost art is still facisnating to learn about. Brought to you by The Silver Queen Silver Museum Educational Outreach program.
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@geofftaylor75415 жыл бұрын
Fantastic to watch the old ways of doing things, after 50 years as a craftsman I learned a few very valuable techniques in this video.
@Pieces_Of_Eight4 жыл бұрын
This is remarkable, thank you so much for sharing this gem of artistry! Following the creation of the piece from start to finish was incredible.
@SonnyKavanagh5 жыл бұрын
This really is an incredible film, giving a real insight into the Work and Gifted Creative Craftsmanship of the Silversmith of the era, Thank you 🇺🇸
@ozsebszogeczki55434 жыл бұрын
Interesting, historic and educational. Nowdays, kids growing up in a different environment. Nursery, school and home provide a wide range of fine motor developing program and toys. Back in time, kids had few things to develop those skills. So when they entered to such industry, lot of practice was needed to develop even basic fine motor skills not to mention what we could see in the film. Respect to the old craftsmen!
@williamtaylor5017 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing these videos and your efforts to keep these crafts and information alive!
@satevari_forge Жыл бұрын
You can learn so much from this single video! Thanks for sharing!
@heatherferman82594 жыл бұрын
Loved every minute of it!!! Thanks for the education!
@samchapple63632 жыл бұрын
As a smith this is great history. This is classic 70s with a great silversmith most will not appreciate
@kaywalker44332 ай бұрын
loved it. more please....BIG THUMBS UP from me...
@Ra12765 жыл бұрын
I'm glad someone traveled back in time to film this...very valuable information
@farooqalikhan84002 жыл бұрын
Mashallah nice very beautiful great work of silver smith works thanks teaching us
@chrismoody13425 жыл бұрын
As Tin and Coppersmith; all I can say is wow. I’ve made many architectural pieces for buildings; such as scuppers, cornices and the like. But little of it was of compound bends. Most pieces were simple in comparison to this. I use machine tools like rollers, beaders and brakes. No way would I have the patience to hammer out a simple cup little alone a serving piece like this. Artisans of the highest order.
@philcald6uk11 жыл бұрын
WOW ! now thats what i call craftmanship as silver collector myself, i can appreciate my 1865 sterling silver teapot even more now i have an idea of how it was made! i can actually see all the little hammer marks inside my tea pot and yet the ouside is smooth and mirror like! as in video anyway thanks for uploading
This was a fabulous video. I learned a lot in the video because i want to become a silversmith as my dream job. thank you! Kiran Baez
@mylesk631110 жыл бұрын
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@steveeyre69753 жыл бұрын
Kiran how did you go on with silversmithing
@othelloferrari69427 ай бұрын
Just beautiful!
@davidliddelow57042 жыл бұрын
This and the rifle making video are amazing. Is this a whole series? I need more.
@beantea55922 ай бұрын
Same i want to find the rest of this series
@iamkjo6 жыл бұрын
Wow!! What a humbling video. Such mastery is amazing.
@terranazer6 жыл бұрын
I needed this for a school project and it was very helpful Thankyou
@SuperMarsgirl11 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this, it is exactly what I was looking for.
@darlenegray92937 жыл бұрын
Thank-you. Much admiration, and so much learned.
@powerist2099 жыл бұрын
So checking out after reading an article on Williamsburg, especially the part about Silversmithing and Cooper (woodcrafter) trade.
@spikespa52084 жыл бұрын
The Colonial Gunsmith of Williamsburg is a good video also. Metal worker, wood worker, finisher, engraver, artist.
@jeannemcmahonpowers57802 жыл бұрын
I Like this Thank You .
@raghavbhatnagar23292 жыл бұрын
A national treasure
@markserour911511 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this program in my Industrial Arts class in 1983. Thank you for posting. :-)
@intractablemaskvpmGy2 жыл бұрын
Making silver wire is dead easy but the trick is to anneal after every pass otherwise I see cracks and scale like burrs. Annealing is key to working with precious metal if you are shaping it in this manner; however, if filing or grinding it isn't desirable or useful IMO. It's the patience aspect- annealing takes time but pays dividends in the end-quality and work-ability of a particular item. It has to be done. Metal is crystalline material frozen in it's state at ambient temperatures. After hammering or drawing through a die the crystalline structure becomes compressed and hardens. Heating it back up loosens the crystalline structure again and the metal is more workable. The process repeats. It is guaranteed that if one continues to work the metal without annealing frequently cracks will quickly begin to form which is bad.
@lilreb601 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how much the guy that ordered something like this actually paid for this hand made, solid silver coffee pot in colonial times vs how much it would cost today.
@asheland_numismatics9 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@seangosnell2750 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@mustafa89884 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.
@allanconnor10134 жыл бұрын
Very informative and entertaining. However it is so difficult for any presentation to convey the skill level, amount of time and pure hard work that goes into such work.
@TheSnoopindaweb2 жыл бұрын
Dazzeling is all I can say, Thank You. Yup,! G-G 😃😁🤩
@franklesser56554 жыл бұрын
Food and drink just tastes better when served in sterling silver!
@DoubleMrE10 жыл бұрын
Great doc! Thanx for the UL!! The end product is amazing, but I have to say that all the hammering must get to be a bit boring. I mean, hours on end of hammer, hammer, hammer, hammer, hammer . . . . . . . . . .
@bobmiller43834 жыл бұрын
It's not mindless hammering. Every fall of the hammer accomplishes something. Precision is required. I've done similar work, and it's not boring
@no_peace2 жыл бұрын
Don't worry they just listened to podcasts
@goldsmith49563 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏💪👍👍
@jakeschlachter31045 жыл бұрын
Wow, at 35:02 he melts a 1700's Spanish 8 Reales.
@antoninofallo94864 жыл бұрын
Belli lavoro oggi questo pezzo si realizza in meno di un giorno
@dynomania5 жыл бұрын
Yesterday a Journeyman, today a Mastercraftman.
@oromoctoecv64112 жыл бұрын
lmao just figured out why its called a BLOW torch. Awesome lol
@eddiefiscaro647710 жыл бұрын
THIS GREAT
@hkkhgffh36133 жыл бұрын
Wickid!
@dannymckenzie83293 жыл бұрын
This what i must become.
@LaoZi2023 Жыл бұрын
This art is not holy lost, but not many people do it now.
@dominionrognstad37237 жыл бұрын
Where's the safety glasses yo!
@clayronso39329 жыл бұрын
Carpal tunnel hell.
@jcm20094 жыл бұрын
I’m just here to answer my worksheet
@TheDcgj458 жыл бұрын
I bet they didn't need a gym or workout program.
@peterlunn13603 жыл бұрын
As a practicing gold and silversmith - the comment that it is a 'lost art' is both insulting and ridiculous
@nicholaspostlethwaite9554 Жыл бұрын
Depends. The craft has been 'hobbyfied'. Gone are the companies employing silversmiths pretty much. Now what is left is mainly sole craftsmen and students who go through a college course and all think they are 'designers'. Plain fact of the matter is no one wants silver in their homes any more. All that fuss cleaning it. Risk or theft, etc. Then the cheapness of the second hand 'antiques', dead men need no living wages. You should know that. 😉 It will survive as a hobby, a few 'art works', but lose the greatest skills of those that once spent entire lives doing it.
@beantea55922 ай бұрын
I wouldn't say that it's insulting for them to say that. What IS insulting is people buying cheap Chinese trash.
@matthewhopkins7042 Жыл бұрын
Damn he's worse than me at pouring!
@jonm4342 Жыл бұрын
Learning a little bit from this video how england treated the colonies, it's no wonder the colonies rebelled, england got what they deserved
@GeneralRamstein4 жыл бұрын
Who is high right now?? Lmfao
@GeneralRamstein4 жыл бұрын
@DB Cooper my man !!! There another good one about them making a musket... It's pretty trippy
@GeneralRamstein4 жыл бұрын
@D. B. Cooper lolzz....... well here is the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4XcZKiHe9icqM0 be prepared to travel back in time homie.
@twveach2 жыл бұрын
I happen to watch both budeos back to back then found these comments….way trippy