Re: Rookie in Georgia
I'll toss in another good 'practice' item.
Cut a strip of copper, nickel silver, or actual silver that's 6" long and 1/2 - 1" wide. When you're done engraving it all you need is to form it and you've got a nice bracelet. Keeps the wife happy and/or makes a nice gift.
Copper and nickel silver are good for practice because they're cheap. Mess up too bad and you just flip it over and use the other side for practice as well.
If you want to make a bracelet specfically for someone I've found that the best size seems to be about 3/4" less then the circumference of their wrist. So for my tiny ever-indulgent wife whose wrist is 5-3/4" in circumference I use a 5" strip. If I want to make one for me it needs to be 7-1/4" long - and at least 1" wide, more like 2". I do actually need to get around to making myself one one of these days, just to have a 'portable display'.
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