Have alot of old silverware,not really good for eating with. Any Ideas?!

Before you decide to make crafts out of your silverware, you should find out if it is silver or not. Most modern (post-1900) American silver is marked clearly. It will either say "sterling" or 925 (which means 925 parts of silver per thousand -- the equvalent to Sterling, just a different system of nomenclature. If it is English or European, there are other methods of marking it that are also relatively easy to determine.

If you have "real" silver, you will probably get a lot more out of it as scrap than you will as crafts. Look in your yellow pages for silver dealers and ask if they are willing to take a look at what you have and if they would be interested in buying whatever silver you have as scrap. The value of silver is about $15/troy ounce, but they will pay you less than that because they have to pay the fees to have it melted down and purified. I'd say about 9 or 10/t ounce is a decent price.

If the items are silverplate or stainless (or any material other than silver) then have fun with your crafts. I haven't seen the items you're talking about, but if you have to drill through it, any multi-purpose drill bit will do the job. Keep the bit lubricated with oil to reduce the wear and heat and keep your bit sharp and useful for a longer period of time.

Cheers!

I used monofiliment wire to tie them to a knife from the set that I used on top. Then I took a couple of forks, spoons and knives to use as the rest of the windchime. It took a few tries to get it to look like I wanted but when silverware hangs freely, it actually sounds nice. Now, I have a few pieces of a wedding gift that was past its prime for eating hanging in my garden making beautiful music.


http://www.ehow.com/how_15098_make-silve…


There's a site for you. This one seems to have plenty of directions. I didn't drill mine or use S hooks. My silver actually had holes in the handle already.

The guys at Home Depot will tell you which type of drill bit you will need to drill a hole through the spoons. Also consider making a wind chime. Also mounting a full place setting in a shadow box frame would look nice.

wind chimes! They just take the end of the silverware and tie fishing line around it and hang it from
a base. Sometimes on the forks they bend them to make them look unique!
These chimes sound very appealing!

You have gotten some good answers! I was going to suggest wind chimes as well!

sell it