~ Prices below are for belt buckle (set) only, unless noted otherwise.
~ Buckle widths refer to inside buckle opening.
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Portland Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 340.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Nairobi Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver w/Yellow Bronze Lion
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 490.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Seattle Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 340.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Warsaw Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 430.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Atlanta Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Brass w/14K Gold Quail
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Los Angeles 3-piece Buckle Set
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 770.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Madrid Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane, Sterling Silver, & Brass
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 350.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Nashville 3-piece Buckle Set
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1" (25mm) wide opening
US $ 770.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - San Francisco 2-Piece Set
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1" (25mm) wide opening
SOLD
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Philadelphia 2-Piece Set
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver w/Hand Engraving
1" (25mm) wide opening
SOLD
The Fusion Series
Neil has always enjoyed combining different metals in his buckles, and has recently gone "all-the-way" with his fusion of
styles, materials, influences, inspirations, and aspirations. This series of unique, hand-crafted buckles (and some sets) is
inspired from aesthetics as varied as Japanese and Scandinavian to Western and South-West Indian designs.
The mosaics of this fusion of metals is especially intriguing as Neil incorporates not only Mokume-gane, which itself is a married
metal, he then adds sterling silver and sometimes brass, gold, and shakudo. Mokume-gane is Japanese for "wood grained metals", which is a
metal made from diffusion bonded laminates. Shakudo is a Japanese alloy formulated for a special patina. Both of these Japanese metals
are commonly used in decorating swords.
We called them The Fusion Series because of the obvious fusing of
metals, but also for the more subtle fusion of East and West, classic and traditional, complex and elegant. Neil hand-crafted
each of these pieces from metal plate, bar, and wire - and each is uniquely sculpted. They are true wearable art, and make great gifts
for retirement, graduation, and more.
