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    Hi Members ;

    re : EK frosting methods and application .

    This subject may have been posted befor , probably just not found it yet.
    With all the strickt guidelines on the manufacturing of Iron Crosses .... ,size ,shape and materials , a bit puzzeled over the many different frosting applications ?
    It seams to be a great variance by maker what parts of the Cross was frosted . Without posting dozons of pictures , I have seen Crosses with very little frosting to more or less the whole frame frosted including the ribbon ring . Appearance : Thin and smooth all the way to thick paste like coatings , machine and hand applied ? Some never frosted , or worn or polished away, or missed that process ? or late war lake of material .
    The Picture Gallery that is being set up on EK 2's right now is an excellent spot to see all these different applications .
    Was it then entirly up to the manufacturer to 'frost' what he wanted to ???
    And can frosting types and styles- date the Cross ???
    Peticular interest are S&L EK2 Crosses , .. just going over some old information of mine .

    Cheers, Douglas

    #2
    Anyone?
    Majority of all frosted Crosses I can find are -full frosting- right down to the frame , mechanically done ? How common are bead applied frosted crosses , bead ridges only and not the groves , a very tricky and time consuming process - is it not ?
    Douglas

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      #3
      Douglas,

      have a look at the S&L article I posted (pinned at the top). There's something in there about frosting.

      Dietrich
      B&D PUBLISHING
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        #4
        When did frosting begin? Is it found back to the 1813 type?

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          #5
          I will Dietrich .

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            #6
            Hi Dietrich :
            Hade another good read of the mentioned RK S&L article .
            It revealed very interesting information applyable to another cross of mine that is not a RK but where the same work and general manufacturing process parallels that of the RK in frame mixing, laquering , pickling and supports the 'bin theory' .
            Still working and learning about EK's because the one I have does not look like the dozons of posted S&L,s . The frosting is different and lets me think the frame to be coin silber , do to the puffiness of the frosting .
            Yes I have done a picture series to post shortly as its own thread , after resizing all the pictures . Going over some facts as not to be printing any nonsense . It should be interesting to see .
            Douglas

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              #7
              Dietrich, does anyone know when frosting was first used on EK's?

              Thanks, Sal

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                #8
                Sal,

                I don't know anything about pre 39 crosses! Maybe you should ask the question in the Imperial Forum.

                Dietrich
                B&D PUBLISHING
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sal Williams View Post
                  Dietrich, does anyone know when frosting was first used on EK's?

                  Thanks, Sal
                  I believe it was started with the 1939 crosses. I have 30-40 EKs from Imperial time and don't see frosting on any of them.
                  pseudo-expert

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