What does a Bud bur look like? => 8 photos

  Bud burs, as one travelling student said to me, these are my "Buddy burs". These are so very important that every jeweller should use them as well as in stone setting.

 This bur is also named "Flame bur". This elongated shape is also important in metal carving. You'll notice that this shape is fantastic for cleaning the inner frame of End Bezels. 

  Bud burs come in all sizes. When the gemstone setter requires a certain size, it must be made available without any time lost.
 During my hectic stone setting days, I needed a large selection of these burs. Cost was not the critical aspect, but just having them available made up for the cost of purchasing them. 

             Here is my inventory of Bud Burs:

 From a small size bur #003 and then resting against a #050. WOW! Quite a difference in size, agree?

 

  These are my 'mid-range' of Bud burs. I won't mix a large size of bur with a small one. My purpose is to save time looking for one bur among 'hundreds' in my collection.

 These two packages of Bud burs, starting at #003 on the left, then on the right is a size #015.

These 'often-used' Bud burs are well defined as 'good to have'.

 In this bur box are all of my extremely large sizes of burs. I keep them separate from other smaller shapes, and they are well-lubricated.  These are very expensive and sometimes hard to find at a moment's notice.

 Here is a variety of smaller burs. They tend to get well-used, so I'll just place them together with the other 'often-used' burs.