Nickel and silver band sources

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:30 am

Where does everyone get their nickel and silver bands?

kkendall · Post by **kkendall** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:46 am

Pipe Makers Emporium.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:07 pm

http://www.jhlowe.com/bands.htm

kbadkar · Post by **kbadkar** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:58 pm

The nickel bands I got from JHLowe have some funky letter/logo stamping on the band already. So double check to make sure you are getting a plain band, if that's what you want.

Alan L · Post by **Alan L** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:41 pm

I make my own out of .026 sterling sheet. (just had to brag, sorry.)

Works great for everything but those funky spun bands they use on military bits. Plus folks seem to like seeing that "sterling" stamp on the band, at least until it tarnishes.

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:39 am

Alan L wrote:I make my own out of .026 sterling sheet. (just had to brag, sorry.) Works great for everything but those funky spun bands they use on military bits. Plus folks seem to like seeing that "sterling" stamp on the band, at least until it tarnishes.

That's what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a source to purchase the raw material and not have to pay the mark up.

Alan L · Post by **Alan L** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:12 am

wdteipen wrote:That's what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a source to purchase the raw material and not have to pay the mark up.

http://www.ccsilver.com has all you need.