Silver-shibuichi mokume gane.

Here is another mokume gane post; yes this is still a sword smithing blog, but mokume gane seems to be the thing that will be paying the bills in the future, so I have to develop it. 

Here is a really good example of a silver, shibuichi, shakudo seamless ring (I did not make it), that shows the nice patination colors one can achieve with these alloys. For anyone interested, you can buy this ring at 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58160560/mokume-gane-band-silver-shakudo-and

I cast some 25% shibuichi the other day, and had it drawn out to 0.5 mm sheet, and went ahead and bought some 0.5 mm silver sheet as well, so I should be able to try my hand at some silver-shibuichi mokume.

Also ordered some Balwin's patina from reactivemetals.com.

http://www.reactivemetals.com/documents/RMSvrs1-3-11.pdf

Shibuichi crucible in the forge.

Shibuichi casting setup.