Silver Cufflinks

Here is a little behind the scenes in our uk jewellery workshop to give you a little insight into how we make our handmade cufflinks. We have our own jewellery workshop fully equipped with all of the tools to hand engrave and create handmade jewellery.  Soldering Here is Peter soldering the sterling silver heart cufflinks with the Smith Little Torch and Oxy-Con Unit ready for the backs to be fitted.  Cufflinks are either fitted with a chain or a torpedo, the torpedo can be fixed or swivel from side to side to ease getting through the shirt cuff. On the reverse of the cufflink either a loop to attach the chain or a fitting for a torpedo is soldered on to the cufflink blank.   Handmade Silver Cufflinks Apart from soldering there are...

Hand Engraved Cufflinks With Family Crests & Images All of our Hand Engraving is created by Peter, he has over 39 years experience in Hand Engraving including studying Heraldry. Every family crest, coat of arms or image is created entirely by hand, using traditional methods and under high magnification Peter will cut out the silver / gold with small hand held, push gravers.  Every hand engraving is unique, not mass produced or machine engraved, every cufflink is like a miniature piece of art, a keepsake that can be kept forever.  Here are a few examples of our hand engraving on gold and silver cufflinks of family crests, coat of arms and images.   Hand Engraved Crest on Gold and Onyx Cufflinks Hand Engraved Full Coat of Arms on Sterling Silver Oval...

Hand Engraving Cufflinks is a beautiful craft.  No computers are involved, the entire process is created using traditional hand skills. By drawing the initials completely by hand on to the cufflink ensures that the shape of the cufflink is taken into consideration.  This way the initials complement the shape and style of lettering, using experience and an artistic eye. The cufflinks are then engraved, by deeply cutting out every part of the silver or gold.  Slowly and steadily the initials come to life.  With deep and shallow curves and cuts, thick and thin lines, the three dimensional letters are created. Hand Engraving is a true art, the beauty and quality of engraving is lost through computers and machine engraving.  Hand Engraving adds a high quality luxurious finish to a gorgeous gift...

How we Hand Engrave Sterling Silver Cufflinks The process of hand engraving silver cufflinks starts off the same each time by Peter sketching the initials, we don't use a stencil nor a computer. All initials are hand sketched onto the cufflink so that they suit the size and shape of the cufflink.  By hand drawing the initials it enables Peter to entwine and layout the initials so that they really flow together, dropping lines, swirling the letters and curves.  Sometimes they will be sketched several times so that the curls and flow are perfect.     A computer program does not work well with spacing or entwining the initials, it seems to have one format which really does not take into the account which initials are being placed together and...

What are cufflinks used for ? Cufflinks are a piece of jewellery that are used for securing the cuffs on dress shirts. What shirts can you wear cufflinks with ? You require a long sleeved shirt with double cuffs (French cuffs), the double cuffs have holes on both cuffs, these holes are were the cufflinks pass through to keep the cuffs together.    Where did cufflinks come from ? Cufflinks first originated in the 1600's but became more commonly used by the 18th century.  Men originally used ribbons or ties to hold their cuffs together. Then chains were used with a silver or gold buttons on either end.   Cufflink designs were then created using semi-precious gemstones and more elaborate designs were then designed by Jewellers. In the 17th century the Royals wore cufflinks...