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Ok Gentlemen, have I committed a crime? As You have noticed I own some rings. Two of them are Luftwaffe birds which are missing enamel. After all I decided to bring'em back to life. I did a new enamel. This rings stays with me and are not for sale now. I decided to choose red and yellow color. The red one was red in its glory days (some of red enamel lasted). The yellow one was black painted so I have totally changed its color. I do not know if colors are close to 70 years old enamel. If You want please share Your opinions. Best and enjoy...
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Hi piotr - Well I don't know about "committed a crime" man...they're ur rings u can do what u like with them IMHO. Granted, I do not do anything at all to my rings and I suppose that given enough time, even the great works of art (Americans don't see to much of this but u Europeans have a much much longer history!) get restored...so anyway I would say that in your hands and if/when u ever pass them along (or if u pass along and the rings move along) there's not much of a problem there either because you are fully disclosing what happened to the rings to the next owner. I think the fear is applied to the next move- maybe next owner forgets or is unscrupulous- they get sold again and the restoration has been hidden from the buyer. I think this presents an tremendous problem in our hobby. This being said- no way u are ever responsible for that, and the only cure for it really is study and knowledge. I would assume for example the red enamel is more opaque or milky a red and less bright and translucent- plus maybe u can measure for more modern materials in the examination of the piece. All in all though these are your rings and they are beautiful and you are attempting to honor their former glory... as Gaspare always says- and they make u happy! That is all that really matters. Thanks for sharing them!
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lovely job,( they live again in all their glory)
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G. , the yellow looks a bit translucent. A long time collector in hand would probably spot both..
BUT, yes they look nice. And, if you like it ,that is what matters most. I barely clean my rings. I like them as I get them... Did you do the work yourself?
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Hello Gaspare, this yellow is not translucent. This one was the first I did my life and I'm afraid some dirt was in it. I thought to make it again but it gives this enamel an old look. I'm happy with what I did and in my opinion rings looks much better now. I did it by myself and it was as I said the first time.
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Wow, so you did it yourself!. Could you explain it a bit for us? Is it a 2 part epoxy type thing? A powder mix? Did you have to do any heating?
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