Turquoise Recipe

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So here is a recipe for all you guys out there.
Gather the following ingredients:
40 grams of Hubei turquoise…must be genuine.
40 grams of sterling silver plate
6grams of sterling braid
3 grams of sterling leaves
1 gram of fluted bezel.
Unlimited 935 silver solder

  1. Take your turquoise in both hands and apply libral amounts of water and shape on a various grinders until satisfied with shape and polish.
  2. Form your bezel and braid to encompass your stone and place the silver in the center of your plate. Garnish you piece with leaves and beads with liberal amounts of solder and roast over an open flame.
  3. Boil in silver pickle, spice to taste with liver of sulfur and polish.
    Presto…you have a 76 gram belt buckle !
    Buckle
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    buckle2
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    Buckle back
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    I think I will put a satin finish on the back. Still not finished…undecided.
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You make it look and sound easy, but I’m still trying to master the toaster oven. :blush:

Your buckle turned out great! Awesome job! :+1:

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Thanks for sharing your finished project. It turned out great!!

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Yesss!! It looks mighty beautiful, and what a lovely stone!

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should the seasoning taste more like liver or sulfur?

lol

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Oh, it turned out beautifully !! Glad you shared the finished product. Really love it!

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Thanks for the laugh! Your buckle is great!:star_struck:

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