These are "Gerry's, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT gravers" => 11 photos

 About 65 years ago, a remarkable Diamond Setter taught me how to fashion pieces of steel into tools to create jewellery. "Stan Levine, (z"l)  who left me 10 years ago, was that man. What you are seeing now are the results of his time and patience with me! 

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 From these simple tools, exquisite jewellery has been created. From these 3 tutorial essays, YOU TOO can create some wonderful patterns.

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"The Rate of Difficulty" in creating these delicately fashioned blades is 15, out of 10. As this takes many long months of training to learn how to create them. (I know this for a fact).

 This basic graver was carefully fashioned to cut intricate lines in metal. You can see how highly polished all of my gravers are fashioned. There are no 'rough' spots to be seen anywhere.

 The number "N4/0" refers to the extremely fine width of the blade.

  For my preliminary 'rough cutting', I will keep a few of my blades somewhat thickened. The reason is that I need to create basic patterns in the metal. I will even start to create wider cuts buy leaning the graver to one side.

  With a very thin blade, I will accentuate the new pattern by 'digging deeper'. As this will allow me to use a FLAT graver with added emphasis on the new intricate pattern.

 

  This is a thin shaped FLAT GRAVER. This blade will now get into all the fine areas needed for exquisite patterns & designs. I have no problems in using such a thin blade, as a thin blade is what is necessary in certain metal-carving circumstances.

  When I'm using a 'roughing cutting' blade, the need is not always to make a smooth cut, but to make these cuts, DEEP.

 You will notice that this blade is thick and semi-polished. The number #2 refers to the width, or thickness of this blade.

 There are instances where a thick blade is required, then I will keep the blade THICK. On this particular blade, I will give it a gentle shine.

THESE FOUR PATTERNS WERE NOT EASY TO CREATE!

(These patterns were not using any CAD, only my gravers).

This is a "2-Bead" setting (minus the stone)

 

   Do you see why I used both wide and thin gravers with a Flat blade.

  This was originally a flat plate with no claws, anywhere!!!

This is named "Fish-Tail" setting, this was not easy to create. I used a wide Onglette and Flat gravers.

 

  This pattern is named "Cut-Down". My FLAT graver was used extensively in creating this (insanely difficult) design.

(Here are a few metal cutting examples)