Shaping Silver
A study in men’s jewelry.
A passion for men’s jewelry.
Men’s jewelry is much more than just cufflinks and wedding rings, but it is hard to see when you look at the selection in most jewelry stores. I am assembling examples of how it look back in time and illustrate how it is made on my YouTube channel.
Rings and thier meaning
Wedding rings, signet rings, class rings and club rings all indicates belonging to a group or achievement.
Cufflinks, buttons and studs.
There was a time when the dress shirt came in pieces and you had to have all sort of buttons to hold it together.
Tie and cravat accessories.
Today the tie-clip prevents your tie in place, and keep it from winding up in your food, but also the tie-pin has a practical history.
Pocket watches and chains
Before pilots of the first world war made wrist watches popular, most watches were warn on a chain, among other things.
Tobacco accessories.
Tobacco maybe dwindling in popularity, but many tools have been made for it, and the more exclusive tobacco accessories are made in silver and gold.
The Kilt and it’s accessories.
The dress kilt has a variety of different accessories, many of which by now can be characterised a jewellery, but there was a time…
Shaping Silver’s YouTube channel
I have built quite a few items of men’s jewellery on my YouTube channel, especially to illustrate how the more specialized mechanism are made. .
Mechanisms used in men’s jewellery
- The Torpedo cufflink mechanism
- The Keiser mechanism
- The tube mechanism
- and many more…
