What hammers & anvils are used in Oval setting? => 8 photos

 All of these styles of hammers have one thing in common and that is to secure the stone into the ring, or a piece of jewellery. (These 'pieces' are not shown in this essay).

  Many of our earlier hammer anvils were either old 'file handles' or just modified 'concrete nails'. 

These were nicely modified to hit the bezel wall but with extreme care. These 'anvils' were held in place by another 'pair of hands' or having the ring sitting on a steel mandrel.

   It is incumbent upon the stone-setter to keep the stone round in shape while being hammered. When the ring is on a steel mandrel there is the opportunity of 'freeing' one hand.

 Long before there were "Reciprocating Hammers", we used the hammer with a crudely shaped anvil.

  Here are some of the hammer weights to consider in buying your bezel hammers.

 This hammer tip is so close to the stone that squeezing of the bezel wall tip WILL EVEN BREAK SOME OF THE STONE FACETS.

 This Reciprocating Hammer Anvil is close to the bezel edge but is not touching the stone. The whole idea is to mould the bezel metal onto the stone but leave enough metal thickness to "Bright Cut" a rim inside around the bezel frame.