Forged bracelets : Singer, Remington & " Hibasi "

  A new series of 5 bracelets forged out of a Singer 28K from 1923 came out of the forge. This series is quite sick and heavy as our customer asked us to keep it that way. To this I added two more pieces forged out of a Remington Rand 17 type writer dating from 1946. For this one I used the steel rods were the page of paper was placed, a rod with numbers that remain on the forged bracelet. The last series of 3 is forged out of antique " hibachi " which are steel shopstick that were used to handel charcoals. This series has a brass screw upon the requeste of our customer. This time those series have actually been made under some request from Le Grand Magasin in Saint Remi de Provence.

From top to bottom / Forged bracelet from Singer 28K dating 1923 serial Number Y1003457 with the original screw from the swing machine / forged bracelet from a Remington Rand 17 type writer of 1946 with a small screw belonging to the singer 28 K . / Forged steel bracelet from antique Japanese shopsticks with a brass screw . 

Forged bracelet " suite & evolution "

      A forged bracelet collection composed of a series forged out of very special steel. . .

  It was a long time ago planned project for which I need to aquire more knowledge in order to forged it well. It is after 6 years of forging many types of recycled steel and the quinching of those unknow steel gave me the knowledge to handel with confidence steel stuch the one used to make samurai swords. I need to thank Jean Michaux my friend & black smith that thought me much about quinching and propreties of steel. 

  I started last spring with the bloom of the cherry blooms in Tokyo. Collection on the Tokyo antique market the new material of this collection, I started to forged bracelets out of antique samurai sword steel in Sagamiko at the work shop  of the LABO Phenomena Factory, were I seeked addvice to my friend and black smith Kenjiro in order to forged this versatil & unquie steel.  I would not have started to work on this noble metal without the advice of my friend Kenjiro.  

           Eventualy I found 3 " Zanketsu " which referes in Japanese  to

           a katana Blade that has been cutter in 3 . Here a the images and 

           sign of 2 of the katna remain I founded on the antique markets

           in Tokyo. On with the name of the black smith carved in the 

           steel of the handel of the blade the other one with the name of 

           the place were the katana blade has been forged. 

  First step was to cut the " Zanketsu " in smaller parts that fit for making bracelets. I had quite a surprise were cutting it ! what take normay a few minutes to be cutter turned out to take a good half hour. Each blade showing different hardeness, one having particularly hard material in the inner part of the the blade. 

     

Then the magic starts! Light up the fire and slowly start to heat the
material. Each steel been made at a different time in history it has a different composition and need to been forged in a different maner. Here temperature and strength of the hamering is crucial, one mistake and the steel will split, working time is very limited as the range of working temperature is very small. It was very challenging  to forge this steel and eventually had to reweld at the forge some parts. During the forging I could strongly feel the properties of this steel that I never had touch before. A beautiful steel charged with history and knowledge.        

   3 days in Kenjiro's workshop were not enough to finish the collection. So the steel followed me into my workshop were I finished the collection of 13 pieces. A very rare and unique collection forged out of antique jappantes swords that at a time in history had belonged to a Samurai. Each bracelet is forged out of a different part of the blade. Some time using the handel with the sign or the " mune " back of the blade with it specific shape. Locking remain the as before with a screw of the flat of old swing machines. Finally patinated black with a natural japanese technique based on green tea.  

     Find the full collection online at : https://tabitojewelry.jimdo.com/necklaces/

Singer  27/127 

Serial Number : G959011

 Series of 4 bracelets forged out of steel axels of a 1922 swing machine. This machine has a storie. This Memphis or Egyptian model had been at a point of it history imported into Japan. It was originaly a mechanical machine that was working with the power of the feet of the operator. By time this swing machine has been adapted to work with an electric engine. Later on this machine has been been used by our grand mum to be left to take the dust until
we unbuilt it and transfored it into bracelets . . .

Invitation private sales / Brusels

  We are please to invite you to Tabito Jewelry private sales. Be the most welcome to visit us at the Salon Velasquez in the center of Brussels. We will be presenting the first pieces of the new Autome / Winter collection of upcycled jewellery that past on the banch of the workshop. We will be there ,with the different lamps, " new présentoir" and new bizarre containers. Comme and get the chance to discover a treasure.  

Thursday : 17h / 20 H 

Friday : 11h / 20H

Saturday : 11H / 17H 

Salon Velasquez    38 rue des Chapeliers   1000 Bruxelles

Display for postcards.

Display stand for one or two post cards. 

                            To be placed on the counter of the Salon Vélasquez. Assembled with 

                         a iron casted knob from a stove, left over of a 50 mm. steel plate & a 

                         forged reinforcement steel rode. The knob has a screw that come to 

                         screw with the feet and looks with a bolt at the back. On the top left 

                         of the display stand you have the name of the salon pitched in the steel. 

                         A black patina with green tea has been applied and eventually the blue

                         tone remain from the heat treatment which give a very nice finish. 

New " Hibashi " bracelets .

Hibashi bracelets new collection.

  A new collection of bracelets in brass, upcycled from vintage and
antique " Hibashi " . Hibashi is the name for brass shop sticks used to
handel hot charcoals that were use in a small cupboard dedicaced to the making of tea in japanese house.
In the past each japanese house had a stuc a cupboard composed of a tray, a few drawers and a fire place with charcoal inorder to boil water for the tea. Those " Hibashi " were one of the tools that were part of this tea set.
Those vintage and antique shop stick used to make those bracelets have been hunted on different antique makets in Tokyo and around. They traveled back to the forge and have been transformed in this collection of 1O small size bracelets. Collection that will grow until Spetember to be presented by Tabito Jewelry in it's AW collection at Bijorhca in Paris.

Forged bracelet Spring 2018

On going forged bracelets collection of 

 10 new bracelets for the " Salon Velasquez " 

in Brusels. 

Collection forger with steel rods and different 

rods coming from type writer and swing machines.

Scrap, vintage & antique steel have been used to make

this collection of 10 bracelets. 

Some lock with an old screw from a swing machine

and others close with a brassscrew.  

" Display stands "

   Weight display stands

   A small series of 3 display stands upcycled with antique weight in brass and steel rods for earrings or a necklace for the bigger one. Two other display stands with clips to hold a price, a card or a post card. This two last one are upcycled with small weights, steel rods & clip from old electric parts. 

                                       

 

Bracelets & rings / New collection

              

                New forged bracelets 

        

                  First bracelets of the year. This time I received a Remington adding machine 

               from the 40's & had in stock a unbilted Remington Rand type writer from 1939.

               Out of the steel rods founded in those vintage machines I forged a séries of 9 

               bracelets with the adding machine and 2 bracelets with the typewriter. The 

               bottom picture show's you a bracelet of each collection. Adding machine on 

               the right & type writer on the left.  

       

             

The forged ring collection

  The forged ring collection is based on nails
from palettes rechaped into rings at the forge.
This year I  collected nails with striped patten
on them which after forging remained on the
steel. They are well patinated in black, and the
patina dose not fade away. Eventually if the
ring is worn every day, it will after some time
start to loose it patina to reveal  the shiny steel.