Argentium Sterling Silver Viking Knit Chain Using a LAZEE DAIZEE TOOL with a fused wire technique
Published 2018-12-30
I love making Viking Knit Chain, they’re a lot of work but the end results are very pretty, like shiny Elfin Mithril. I used to bury the wires and/or weave the new wire ends into the chain, but that leaves pokey ends or sections of unsightly bulk (to my eyes). The first time I created a chain I had intentions of fusing the Argentium Sterling silver 28g wire ends together, but failed miserably several times and gave up and added wires traditionally. Unless you are willing to work with a single 50ft piece of wire in order to achieve a 13” piece of triple woven chain, that was just the way it would have to be. Obviously a 50ft single piece of wire would be a nightmare to work with. I recently started a new chain and decided to give the fusing of the Argentium Silver wire ends another try and miraculously, it worked on the first attempt. Something aligned in my favour and now I knew it could be replicated. At the time of filming this video I had 13 additions of wire ranging in length of approximately 2.5 to 3 ft to the original piece, amounting to practically one 26ft of continuous wire. I can’t physically demonstrate how to fuse the wire ends, but it will definitely be a wonderful way to learn torch control and fusing technique of Argentium Sterling Silver. Master this technique with 28g wire and you’ll be able to do fuse anything using Argentium. Be patient, keep the torch away from your main work piece so you don’t inadvertently melt it and if you aren’t able to fuse the wire ends and don’t have enough end length to safely keep trying, add wire using traditional method and try again with next piece! Good luck and enjoy!
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