God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1479 Silksmith

The mixed gold and silver craft is one of the traditional metal decoration crafts in our country. It appeared very early and appeared in the Bronze Age, but it did not become popular until the Spring and Autumn Period.

When this craft became popular, it was immediately welcomed by the world, and until now, it has always been one of the most popular crafts on the market.

Wrong gold and silver, also called gold and silver wrong, the two names are actually the same thing.

Of course, there are two interpretations of the word "cuo", one refers to the staggered arrangement of two metals, gold and silver, and the other refers to "cuo", which refers to a very important process of grinding in this craft.

No matter how you interpret it, it will not affect the artistic expression of this traditional handicraft.

As for the specific process, there are actually two types. One is to carve out pre-designed grooves on the carcass, then inlay gold and silver bars and pieces, and then use stone measures to smooth it.

The other is similar to the gold-gilt process, which is painted on the surface of metal utensils like a painting by gold-mercury method or amalgam method, and then heated to volatilize the mercury, leaving gold and silver patterns on the utensils.

The two crafts have their own advantages and disadvantages, but in terms of difficulty, the second one is obviously higher. Among other things, few people know the formula of gold, silver and mercury, and most of them are in the hands of those craft families. , even if there was such a catastrophe decades ago, this recipe didn't spread much.

Of course, if Xu Jingxing really wanted to know, he could find out without spending any money.

But he is not so domineering, and he doesn't like the process of gold and silver mercury method very much. One is troublesome, and the other is dangerous. Mercury is poisonous, so it is only suitable for use in professional workshops and factories. His You can't do that in the workplace.

In addition, the coating made by the amalgam method similar to the gilding process is slightly inferior in artistic expression, and the thickness of the coating is not easy to control, and it is relatively easy to fall off, and the service life is not very long.

On the contrary, the traditional mosaic method is very reliable, and there is basically no risk of falling off. The more you use it, the tighter the mosaic will be, unless it is subjected to high and low temperature in turn and violent beating and digging.

And even if a certain part of the gold and silver strips or pieces fall off, find some gold and silver and insert them according to the original grooves, and it can be restored to its original shape after mis-grinding.

What Xu Jingxing wanted to show was this gold and silver interlacing technique.

This time, he did not make too many tricks on the shape, it is a well-regulated long strip with a size of 100*35*8㎜, the main material is brass, and a layer of gold and silver pattern is added on the outside. .

The theme of the pattern is the more traditional twelve flower fairies, with images of fairies on the front and corresponding poems on the back.

This kind of theme is really not uncommon, but it is very rare on lighters, and it is even rarer to depict this kind of theme on lighters with gold and silver craftsmanship. Anyway, Xu Jingxing has never seen it, or even heard of it.

Because the size of the lighter is not large, and the main structure is hollow, it is not suitable for digging a large number of grooves. Naturally, this gold and silver interlacing process cannot be used.

In addition, the lighter is a practical device after all. Using such a complicated process and relatively precious metals on such a practical device will cost a lot, but the market price cannot go up, and sales are not expected, so the profit is very limited. Naturally, no one wants to do such a time-consuming, low-profit, and high-risk business.

Even if someone makes it, it is a luxury accessory specially customized by the manufacturer. The quantity is quite rare, just like the so-called limited edition lighters produced by famous brand lighter manufacturers.

With so many factors constrained, it is naturally difficult to combine the craft of gold and silver wrong with the appliance of lighter.

After all, there may be someone doing the decapitation business, but there must be no one doing the loss-making business.

Only a leisurely person like Xu Jingxing who knows this craft and is willing to try this kind of thing would waste time and energy on such a small lighter.

To put it bluntly, making this thing is purely a hobby. If you want to make money, you can try other types of objects, and there is no need to die on lighters.

So when the netizens in the live broadcast room discovered this, they were even more excited: "Xu Shen, you are making real luxury goods."

"Brother Nana is amazing, the bronze tire, gold and silver are the wrong lighters."

"Damn it, is it so awesome? Looking at the blueprint, the pattern looks very complicated. Can a small lighter withstand such a toss?"

"Twelve Flower Fairies, is this a series?"

"I understand. The five that Xu Shen made before were really handicrafts. They were all made of pure copper. After practicing the craftsmanship, all the gold, silver, and so on were added. Even the craftsmanship was replaced by gold and silver. It’s so sour to be wrong with such a high-end product.”

"God Xu, just ask if you dare to use such a high-end product to draw a lottery?"

"It's sour."

"Then where can I buy Xu Shen's special gold and silver lighter?"

"Buy? This is a good thing that can't be bought with money. Not to mention the cost and craftsmanship, with this quantity, it is destined to never appear on the market."

"Xu Shen said very clearly before that the purpose of making lighters is to have fun. When you are free and have nothing to do, you can change your mood and relax. It is not for making money at all. Therefore, no matter how expensive or cheap these lighters are, it is difficult to buy them directly."

"It made me want to find a professional craftsman to create such a set."

"Drooling."

"Am I the only one who covets that pile of gold and silver? Although it was just a glimpse, I can see clearly that there are at least a dozen gold nuggets around Xu Shen, and there are even a lot of silver nuggets. There are millions of them."

"Upstairs, your imagination is really limited by poverty. If you think about it with your heels, you know that Xu Shen has more than that amount of gold in his hands. Who doesn't buy some gold to hide in the rich family? Aunt Wang next door to you Even if you have some spare money, you know how to buy two gold rings, let alone a god of Xu Shen's level, let me think that a god like Xu Shen really wants to hoard gold, definitely starting at [-] million, and there is no cap."

"I think the one upstairs is limited by his imagination. Does Xu God need to stock up on gold? Doesn't the value of gold appreciate faster than a random hoard of jade and antiques? What's more, the most valuable things in Xu Shen's body are not those things outside the body, but Craftsmanship, as long as you still have your hands, you will never be afraid of starvation."

"I really want a lighter made by God Xu himself. Whoever can satisfy my wish will be mine."

Xu Jingxing did not expect the audience's reaction to be so strong.

But I didn’t care too much. Anyway, most netizens can’t afford lighters made of gold and silver. In other words, it takes a lot of money to afford them. After all, the materials he uses will definitely be very solid. Calculating the amount of gold used starts with five figures. How many netizens are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a lighter?

The main reason why luxury goods are called luxury goods is that the price is many times higher than similar products.

For example, mechanical keyboards, which are cheaper for three to five hundred and expensive for one or two thousand, are basically affordable for individuals, but how many people are really willing to spend money on this thing?
Another example is the socks he is passing on now, there are more than 600 pairs, can ordinary people afford it?Surely you can afford it, but how many people buy it?
There are also the odds and ends of daily necessities used in his home. Although they are very expensive, they are all within the purchasing power of ordinary people, but do ordinary people dare to buy them?

To put it bluntly, it is the difference between consumption concepts and value recognition. A lighter worth 5 yuan is just a small toy in the eyes of local tyrants.But for ordinary people, they can afford it even if they grit their teeth, but it will cost more than half of their annual income or more than half of their savings, so it is not worth it in their opinion.

That's why they were so excited in the live broadcast room. After all, the shock they received was a bit big.

Moreover, there are so many people in his live broadcast room, there are all kinds of people, and it is normal to have any kind of reaction, so there is really no need to make a fuss.

So he just smiled and picked some routine questions to answer, and then officially started.

Gold and silver have been re-solidified after melting, and the shape is no longer the previous block, but strips of different thicknesses, which are more suitable for inlays.

When the gold and silver were ready, he started making lighters.

However, the shell was made first, and after the shell was shaped, it was directly chiseled, and grooves inlaid with gold and silver were chiseled outside the shell.Gold and silver must be inlaid and polished before the lighter can be formally assembled.

To be honest, it was the first time for him to use gold and silver wrong craftsmanship. He was really guilty. He was afraid that he would not finish it or the finished product would be ugly. Needless to say, he would be ridiculed by netizens and waste time. His time is so precious that he wasted it all at once. These few hours are more painful than wasting such a pile of gold and silver.

So when he started, he was very cautious, and he had to consider every step before doing it.

As a result, many times he had to do it while looking for relevant information on the Internet. For example, when processing gold and silver threads, he didn't think of how to process the gold and silver threads as thick as the grooves, and almost smashed them in with a hammer. .

But after searching on the Internet, I found out that there are scissors specially for cutting metal wires. With that thing, you can easily cut the gold and silver wires into more suitable wires, and you can easily put the wires into the grooves. Light beating can make the silk thread and the groove bite tightly, and there is no need for violent beating at all.

There are many similar tips, if you don’t do it, you don’t know, there are problems everywhere, if you only rely on your own groping, I’m afraid it will take a long time to grope, and the effect will definitely not be satisfactory.

Craftsmen who make gold and silver mistakes are known as "silk smiths", and the focus is on the word "silk". Whether the craftsmanship is good or not depends on how well your silk is made.

Here, the gold and silver threads are the lines in the art paintings. It is difficult to use these gold and silver threads to replace the lines in the art works, but the carrier is only a lighter the size of half a palm.

(End of this chapter)