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Forged Cuffs
A note on sizing:
Many people consider cuffs to be one size fits all, or at most have a "men's" and a "women's". It's not that cuffs aren't easy to fit- its just that the looser they are, the less active you can be before they fall off. If you're walking around a museum, then by all means- consider the 6.5 to be a women's one size, and the 7.5 to be a men's one size. The closer you come to the right size, the more active you can be. If we are to reference our wearability chart, for every 1/2 inch a bracelet is too big for you, you loose a number. You can squeeze a too large bracelet shut over your wrist, but the constant bending will then cut into its durability, resulting in the same loss on our chart. A bracelet one size too small can usually be worn as well by opening it up a little, this will also drop it down one number on our chart. The numbers are meant to corrospond with your actual wrist size, not the size you would like a bracelet to be. Take a piece of string, wrap it around your wrist, and measure its length. That number will be your size. The chart below should help with gift giving.
5.5- This is really and truly small- please measure the wrist in question before purchase.
6- This will fit fairly small framed women.
6.5- This should fit most women, and some small-framed men
7- This size will fit larger women and many men
7.5- This size will fit most men, though it may be a bit loose on some lean figures.
8- This will fit the more muscular and larger men.
I start with 18 gauge- the hammer will thin certain areas and thicken others. The thickness allows all edges to be rounded, making the cuff much more comfortable to wear. The sheet is folded, twisted, forged, pried upen, and sometimes hammered into shapes over a piece of soft wood. The sheet is then formed into a bracelet and gently hammered with a mallet in order to achieve the right amount of springyness in the metal so as to be able to easily get the bracelet on over the wrist. Then all edges are sanded, and any points created in the folding are taken down.
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