~ 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 - Damascus Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Dallas Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Prague Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 460.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Melbourne Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Stockholm Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Helsinki Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 460.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Amsterdam Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Tokyo Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane, Shakudo, & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 480.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Rio de Janeiro 3-piece Set
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 860.- (Strap not included)
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Kansas City Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 400.- (Strap not included)
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Hand-Crafted Fusion - Montreal Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane, Sterling Silver, & Brass
1½" (38mm) wide opening
SOLD
Hand-Crafted Fusion - Detroit Belt Buckle
Mokume-gane & Sterling Silver
1½" (38mm) wide opening
US $ 460.- (Strap not included)
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.
