Patania Tool Steel Medium Oval Concho Set
PRE-ORDER - Your tool steel die and Mild Steel Pusher will have to be made. Please allow two weeks for us to make and ship your set. I am not going to take the old off these tools. What I mean by that is we aren't going to polish away 100 years of work. If you want your die to be shinny you can polish away the story. These are handmade tools, forged over 100 years ago by hand over an anvil by Frank Patania. If you are not aware of who made these tools just Google him. The best analogy I can come up with is the Tiffany of southwest jewelry. He started the Thunderbird shop in Santa Fe he became world famous for his silver designs. Your die will have his tool marks in it. The tool marks are what makes these special they aren't perfect. When we make dies using antique tools we don't remove the handmade part.
Design: 1-7/16" x 1-1/4"
You will receive:
- Tool Steel Die
- Steel Pusher
PRE-ORDER - Your tool steel die and Mild Steel Pusher will have to be made. Please allow two weeks for us to make and ship your set.
* Image shows the original antique pusher. We have to make the Tool Steel Die and Steel Pusher.
These are from the 1930s. If you are not familiar with the Patania name Google it. His grandfather was a pivotal artist in southwest jewelry design. Their work is in many collections around the world and is in the Smithsonian. Each die will we marked patania silversmiths.
