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STERLING SILVER
CREST BADGES
Custom made by
artist Don Kimble
  Don
Kimble had been designing and making custom silver jewelry for ten years when he
was first approached about making fine quality sterling silver crest badges.
A Mr. George Carr had invested in the highest quality worsted wool kilt, tweed
jacket, hand tooled leather sporran and hand crafted sgian dubh. However,
he was disappointed with the quality of the electro-plated crest badges that
seemed to be all he could find on the market. Don Kimble made him a crest
badge to be proud of, and twenty-five years later he is still making crest badges
that can only be described as family heirlooms.
These badges are solid sterling silver, with fine heraldic
detail, a highly polished finish and a hand engraved motto. The
appropriate size and weight was thoroughly researched, making these badges
slightly smaller and lighter than the mass-produced, heavy badges typically seen
today.
The strap and buckle forms the outer ring of every Scottish
clan crest badge. This part of the badge is struck from sterling silver sheet by
a hardened steel die and then trimmed of the excess silver flashing by a
computerized cutting machine. Unlike other clan badges that are shaped through a
one-step casting process, Don's multi-step assembly method provides a smooth
surface which allows him to polish your crest badge to a high luster like you'd
expect of any other piece of quality jewelry. The original crest for each clan
badge is then reproduced in sterling silver through a centrifugal casting
process, hand finished, polished and then soldered into the center of the strap
and buckle. The assembled badge is then polished again and the clan's motto is
engraved into the surface of the sterling silver outer strap further
distinguishing our clan crest badges as the quality jewelry that they are.
Since every badge is made one at a time your specific and unique requirements
can usually be accommodated. Our goal is to create a piece that you will not
only be proud to wear but one worthy of passing on to your progeny.
We are happy to take special requests for Armiger or Chief
badges. Every clan is available. The artist honors a 30-day
satisfaction guarantee.
 Made in the USA.
Custom item, please allow approximately 4 weeks for delivery.
Why hide your crest in a drawer when you are not wearing
it? Order your badge with a custom display box (6.25" wide by 7.25" high)
that will be supplied with your clan name on a silver escroll.
Pictured below are only samples of some of Don Kimble's work.
Please specify your own clan crest when ordering. Again, as these are
individually custom made, every clan is available -- no clan too small!
 
 
 
 
 
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