I work for a company that farms Akoya pearls. Therefore, I started making and selling Akoya pearl products on my own. My main job at the company is to coordinate the headquarters and farms as the aquaculture department. Therefore, the company does not want me to do retail sales. Because the retail department is in a separate company. This is why I personally started selling pearls.
Recently, I had the opportunity to make friends with people in the natural stone industry. From that person, I am learning little by little about natural stones. Among them, I was suggested to try metal engraving and brazing.
Once I can engrave and braze, I can make my own accessories and jewelry. Of course, these require a lot of effort and experience. I am 44 years old, but I thought that I would be able to do metal engraving and brazing even a little by my old age, so I decided to give it a try. I didn’t realize it myself, but it seems that I like making things. While watching the work of metal engraving and brazing on YouTube, I became interested in it. I bought those tools immediately.
This is a beginner’s braze set purchased from Sea Force Inc. Brazing material that acts as an adhesive to connect metal to metal, a gas burner that melts the brazing material, wax that promotes the flow of the brazing material, tweezers, bricks that protect the desk from the gas burner, and a honeycomb shape that improves the flow of fire. bricks etc. are included.
The video above is my first attempt at brazing. A core rod was added to the brass earring fittings. So that pearls and natural stones can be attached to the front. It’s hard to line up the metal fittings and the core rod as I want to connect. It is also difficult to place a piece of brazing material of about 1 mm on a side that acts as an adhesive between metal fittings. A 1mm size brazing material fell into the honeycomb brick many times.
As shown in the photo above, I was able to add a core rod to the earring bracket. If you don’t know where I added it, I may be able to do it well.
Even after the brazing is finished, the metal fittings need to be polished clean because they were roasted by fire. I don’t know about polishing yet, so I need to study. There seems to be a lot of processes involved in making them, but luckily there was a specialty store in my neighborhood that handled metal engraving tools. I went to the store today and was able to get some advice. “I want to master brazing and metal engraving techniques over the next five to ten years,” I told the shopkeeper. He said, “That’s a good idea. Take your time and just enjoy it.” Having said ‘enjoy’, I felt I had found a good shop. Ready-made products are cheaper and more beautiful than metal fittings made by me who is inexperienced. But I do enjoy making my own. It’s fun to think that over the years, I’ll be able to make metal fittings and rings that I want to make, and things that can meet customer requests. And when I start something new, I meet new people. It’s only been a few days since I started brazing, but I hope this blog will continue to talk about brazing and engraving even after a few years, and I’ll do my best to keep it going.
This accessory is sold at 100 yen shops in Japan. They are sold at 100-yen shops, but they are sold separately, so they cost about $13.4. My friend bought it because it was cheap and cute. I was looking at it while thinking that I wanted to create something that women would pick up without thinking.
I have nothing to do with it, but recently I went drinking with a friend for the first time in a while. I was playing a lottery at a pub. Whether this big highball will be free. It was out. This size is big for Japanese people, but is it big for Americans or is it normal size?
This Chita whiskey is very delicious. Suntory’s whiskey called “HIBIKI” has become very expensive depending on the type. It seems that there is no more liquor in the factory. A friend of mine works for Suntory as a public relations company. This Chita is as delicious as that whiskey. There is no habit and it is easy to drink. I rarely drink whiskey, but when I do, I often drink this Chita.
One more thing while I’ve digressed from the topic. It’s my recent favorite song. I didn’t know it, but there seems to be a genre called Lo-fi. It is the opposite of Hi-Fi. It’s spacious, and the sound quality seems to be a little low on purpose. In the midst of all kinds of information overflowing every day, relaxing songs like this are very soothing. These songs also feel like they have the power to slow down the flow of time. And I also like this anime-style drawing. The atmosphere is somewhat nostalgic and fresh. I grew up watching Japanese anime when I was little, and this picture has that nostalgia, but it never feels old. I feel that the atmosphere fits the song very well.
I have strayed far from the topic of my blog.
Little by little, I would like to make it a blog along the theme, but I may continue to write as I please. I always write this blog imagining that someone I don’t know is reading this blog with a puzzled look, thinking it’s bad English, or being interested. Of course, I don’t know the address for visitors to this site, but I do know the country.
America is the most popular, followed by Japan, “This is my mother who can’t understand English,” Germany, Finland, France, Sweden, China, Singapore, Australia, Belgium, Russia, and Canada. I think there are many Japanese who write blogs for overseas audiences from Japan, but it is difficult to find them online. I would like to refer to them. I would like to send useful information overseas. But that will take time. I want to make sure that the image of Japan does not deteriorate. Sometimes I listen to Wuthering Heights readings before I go to bed, but it will take another 20 years or so to see the effect. Wuthering Heights is one of the nicest pure literature in my opinion. However, I can hardly understand it when it is read aloud in English. Also, it’s off topic. That’s all for today, thank you.
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