sachem allison
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I came home tonight rather run down and tired. I just wanted to eat my late dinner and fiddle fart on the computer before I crashed. However, when I went to my computer there was an envelope on it from a mister Lee Silva. I hadn't heard that name in over a year and my curiosity was peaked.
Let me give you a little background on Lee, he is a young blacksmith that lives in central California, I have never met him, just like I have never met most of you guys. I was looking for someone to make me a Bracelet, but I didn't want a jeweler to do it ( i could do that myself anyway) I wanted a blacksmith. As you makers know that have done pieces for me, my criteria is that it looks like it was made a thousand years ago. I searched on various forums and etsy. one day I was looking for something completely different when I came upon Lee's site and noticed a few bits of jewelry he was making. They were not quite what I was looking for, but had potential. I wrote him telling him what I was looking for and over the course of the next few weeks we became good friends. He made me three prototypes and told me to pick one, I picked all three and wear them everyday. Lee was falling on some pretty hard times, it is very difficult to support yourself full time as a blacksmith in today's world. One day Lee just disappeared, he never returned letters, emails or phone calls. Hell, I thought he did him self in.
Well, apparently he is back and is starting up again, slowly. He needed to regroup and figure things out and change a few things in his life and is ready to get to it.
one of the last emails I sent out to him was a year ago last Thanksgiving or Christmas asking him to make me a stainless steel tasting spoon. I forgot all about it and today when I touched the envelope I knew exactly what was in it. I hope you guys like it. Lee does damn fine work and I want to show off my new spoon. check out my albums for pictures of the bracelets. This is a one off, not for sale, just showing off.:razz:
The spoon itself is 8 1/2 inches long
the hook is 1 1/4 inches by 1 inch the hook swivels so you can hook it on your finger if you like.
The bowl is 1 3/8 inch x 1 3/8 inch
3/8 inch deep.
Let me give you a little background on Lee, he is a young blacksmith that lives in central California, I have never met him, just like I have never met most of you guys. I was looking for someone to make me a Bracelet, but I didn't want a jeweler to do it ( i could do that myself anyway) I wanted a blacksmith. As you makers know that have done pieces for me, my criteria is that it looks like it was made a thousand years ago. I searched on various forums and etsy. one day I was looking for something completely different when I came upon Lee's site and noticed a few bits of jewelry he was making. They were not quite what I was looking for, but had potential. I wrote him telling him what I was looking for and over the course of the next few weeks we became good friends. He made me three prototypes and told me to pick one, I picked all three and wear them everyday. Lee was falling on some pretty hard times, it is very difficult to support yourself full time as a blacksmith in today's world. One day Lee just disappeared, he never returned letters, emails or phone calls. Hell, I thought he did him self in.
Well, apparently he is back and is starting up again, slowly. He needed to regroup and figure things out and change a few things in his life and is ready to get to it.
one of the last emails I sent out to him was a year ago last Thanksgiving or Christmas asking him to make me a stainless steel tasting spoon. I forgot all about it and today when I touched the envelope I knew exactly what was in it. I hope you guys like it. Lee does damn fine work and I want to show off my new spoon. check out my albums for pictures of the bracelets. This is a one off, not for sale, just showing off.:razz:
The spoon itself is 8 1/2 inches long
the hook is 1 1/4 inches by 1 inch the hook swivels so you can hook it on your finger if you like.
The bowl is 1 3/8 inch x 1 3/8 inch
3/8 inch deep.
