Some of us don't tattoo....but that doesn't mean we don't want it known where our hearts are. That is why I need a 
Silversmith.
Silversmith.Are there any III out there that are silversmiths? I'm interested in commissioning some III jewelery to sell at the III For All Farmers Market in the Citadel. Please contact me at tsdhmv@gmail.com
Any profit from the sale of this III jewellery would be given to the Citadel Operations fund, the Citadel Society, or another approved III project that we can all vote on.
Finding a silversmith in the US of A, especially one that is liberty minded, may be a bit difficult.
ReplyDeleteIt might be worth it to check into buying plain silver jewelry wholesale and then just having it engraved by an engraver with whatever you want on it.
You will want to make sure your jewelry is stamped .925 which is the sterling designation.
As long as it is, silver is silver.
That's the problem, I've been looking and I don't want to buy from out of the country. It's going to be annoying if I have to learn silversmithing. ;)But it wouldn't be the first time I've learned something new when I couldn't find what I wanted.
ReplyDeleteWe have about 36 active silver mines in the US, and import 65% of the silver that we use. Anyone you'd buy from here would likely have bought it out of country anyway, and jacked up the price. And they could tell you it was mined in the US, and there's no way you'd ever be able to verify that. Plus, you'd pay out the nose for it. Which means you'd have to charge more for it.
ReplyDeleteSilver won't have any marks on it other than the .925 sterling mark. There's no way you'd ever know if it was made in India, Pakistan, or anywhere else.
Most of our silver comes from Peru, Mexico, and other South American countries, and quite a bit from Canada too.
However I DID find this, after doing a search:
Idaho:
The Coeur d’Alene (Silver Valley) district of Shoshone County in northern Idaho has produced more silver than any other mining district in the United States, and is historically one of the top three silver districts in the world in total silver produced. (It competes with Potosi in Bolivia and Pachuca-Real del Monte in Mexico for the title of greatest silver district, each having produced more than a billion troy ounces of silver.) The Silver Valley is the richest primary silver producing mining region in the world. As the center of the mining district and a hub of commerce, Wallace earned the title of the Silver Capital of the World decades ago. Through 2006, the Coeur d’Alene district has produced a total of more than 37,000 metric tons (1.2 billion ounces) of silver.
Three silver mines are currently operating in the Coeur d’Alene district: the Galena mine, owned by US Silver; the Sunshine mine, owned by Sterling Mining Co.; and the Lucky Friday mine, owned by Hecla Mining Company. The Lucky Friday mine produced 89 metric tons (2.9 million ounces) of silver in 2006, increasing to 3.5 million ounces in 2009; the Galena mine produced 40 metric tons (1.3 million ounces) of silver in 2006.
Maybe you can contact them and deal with them directly, or maybe they can direct you to a reseller.
Thanks Janos. It's one of those catch 22 things.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be awesome if the Citadel provided not only a platform for Liberty, but a renaissance of craftsmanship in this country. People who working with their hands making everything from fine armory to butter. Making the Citadel independent of outside whims.....
Now that's an idea that really resonates with me, and which I support very much. Anything we can do to make ourselves more independent and less dependent upon the outside world, is a very good thing once the SHTF. And afterwards, we'll be in a superior position to barter as a whole, and resume trade with our neighbors close to us.
DeleteAgree. I plan to buy everything I possibly can locally made for that very reason. Every internal economic transaction makes us less dependent both physically and economically on the outside world. We don't want to become isolated, of course, just self sufficient.
DeleteAlso, metal casting is something I'm interested in. Haven't done it but have some reference material. With the 3-D printers out there, making lost wax castings would be fairly easy, I would think. Just a thought.
VJ
VJ
What?!! No tattoo's?!! Awh, crap. :-(
ReplyDeleteYeah, my husband would divorce me.....
DeleteIf you were anything like my ex, you put them where I never saw them, which was anywhere! :-\
Delete"Oh, Jimmy...do you think it's frigid in here?"
"Nope, just you".
I figure on doing the same Vernon. I know initially it might be a bit difficult before we have a full community, but it is certainly a goal to work toward.
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