Fretz Master Stake Set

Miniature stakes back up small work from the inside while the hammer forms it from the outside, which is exactly what bezels, hoops, and small shanks need at jewelry scale. The Fretz Master Stake Set gathers the most-used miniature stakes into a single ready-to-use workstation, hardened 420 stainless steel with highly polished faces, suited to bezel forming with regular and fancy stone shapes, ring forming by hand methods, and small-scale gold- and silversmithing where standard stakes are simply too large. The set ships with a large S-3 wood rack, an S-2 micro block, two H-1 holders, an H-1L extended-reach holder, an H-2 micro holder, a full complement of bezel, mushroom, forming, and specialty stakes, and two Fretz Productions instructional DVDs.

Features

• Comprehensive coverage: sharp-edge and rolled-edge bezel stakes, mushroom stakes in 10 mm, 14 mm, and 18 mm head sizes, plus shell, horn, doming, hoop, cone, beak, double convex, and convex/concave forms.
• Hardened 420 stainless steel construction with highly polished working faces; surfaces can be further refined with files or abrasives.
• Organized from day one: large S-3 wood rack (12 x 5 inches), S-2 micro stake and mandrel block, two H-1 holders, one H-1L extended-reach holder, and one H-2 micro holder.
• Two Fretz Productions instructional DVDs cover convex and concave forming techniques.

Notes

• Working faces are highly polished; surfaces can be further customized using files or abrasives.
• Designed for use with appropriate planishing, raising, or texturing hammers and standard metalsmithing techniques.