Otto Frei Prong Setting Materials Kit

This materials kit provides the essential components for fabricating your own prong settings in sterling silver. Designed for hands-on stone setting practice or classroom use, it includes natural faceted topaz stones along with silver sheet, wire, and solder to build custom settings from scratch. From forming prongs to final assembly, it supplies the core materials needed to move from raw metal to finished mount.

Features

• Comprehensive materials kit for fabricating sterling silver prong settings
• Includes natural faceted topaz stones in multiple sizes and colors
• Provides sterling silver sheet and wire for custom setting construction
• Includes silver sheet solder kit for assembly
• Suitable for instructional use, bench practice, and skill development
• Ideal companion to structured stone setting coursework

Specifications

What's Included

Notes

A soldering kit is recommended when using a torch, as it includes the tools needed to remove fire scale that occurs when heating sterling silver.

For additional guidance, Creative Stonesetting by John Cogswell provides step-by-step instruction and detailed photography for bezel setting techniques.