Featured Product: Hand-Forged Metal Bracelets

Today's showcase is our hand-forged metal bracelets. It's a good day because we are pretty sure you'll learn something new as you read about this process.

We offer two kinds of bracelets - copper and steel. The process is almost the same for both except that one is forged with heat and one is forged without.  Steel is a hard metal that must be hot in order to work with it. This means that the metal needs to be constantly reheated throughout the shaping process. Copper is a soft enough metal that it doesn't need to be heated in order to shape it. However, as it is hammered, it gets harder and needs to be softened again using annealing. Once it is soft, the copper is allowed to cool before being worked again.

1. Cut the metal to length depending on what size bracelet is being made.
2. Then the length is folded in half and the folded end is hammered flat to create a slight fan shape.
3. The "legs" are then bent away from each other, which puts the flared detail at the top of the bracelet.
4. Each of the ends also get hammered to create a small flare, which helps it feel nicer on your wrist.
5. The bracelets then go into a tumbler to smooth out any roughness and remove some of the effects of forging.
6. Finally, a thin coat of wax or oil is applied to protect them from tarnish or rust.
   

Isn't it amazing how much goes into such a "simple" looking bracelet?! What is the most interesting part of the process to you?

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