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Rebecca asked us to create a special pair of cufflinks as a gift for her husband Andy, as a few years ago we created their wedding rings and Andy’s Sgian Dubh. We still had a small piece from the same piece of Timascus which we created their rings from, so we used this for the cufflinks and engraved them with the same Scottish Thistle design from Rebecca’s ring. 
Timascus also known as Titanium Damascus is a beautiful metal to work with (although we’ve found it very difficult to photograph due to its iridescence). It has the strength and lightness of Titanium but is similar to Damascus steel as it comprises of many layers of contrasting grades of the metal so when treated it has a patterning like the blade on Andy’s Sgian Dubh,
Rebecca kindly emailed:
“the cufflinks are beautiful and feel so special to us as they add to our wedding bands and sgian dubh”

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