A brand new and exciting metal that has widely become known in the industry worldwide as PLATINUM STERLING was an invention of ABI in 2003. Marc “Doc” Robinson created the 3 formulas of the platinum-enhanced sterling silver and along with Chuck Bennett created the solder for it.

The .925/1% has been given as an exclusive, but the .925/3.5% remains the most popular by far with the general jewelry public. ABI daily receives letters from customers who marvel at its qualities and insist that everything we said about it turned out to be true. From Australia to Bali to Bangkok to New York, the accolades for this metal abound all over the world.

The .925/5% has garnered favor with karat white gold users to replace certain lines with the Platinum Sterling at a much lower cost, by designers with extremely high end silver product and companies who do fine stones and diamonds in sterling silver. This is because the tarnish resistance is between 6 to 10 times greater than traditional 7.5% Cu sterling.

The physical things that can be done with this metal are nothing short of extraordinary. We have included some pages from articles done on the new metal as well as the following link to Jeff Graham’s website facters.com .

www.faceters.com/askjeff/mill_kraft04.shtml

This site shows Doc’s return to the KRAFTWERKS event in Ontario, California the past August 2004 with his Platinum Sterling in his hand. The performance of the metal was pretty stunning to the crowd and much is still being said, in print and in “the buzz”.

One of the articles here is from The SNAG Newsletter of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. One is from AJM Magazine in 2004. The last one is from Mark Mann and published in Professional Jeweler magazine.

We have also catalogued here all the Technical Data Sheets on all three of the metals. These depict the increased tarnish resistance, the increased hardness, the increased specific gravity and their temperature ranges.

Contact any of the offices for current up to date pricing on these innovative metals. Good quantity breaks available. Contact us with any questions you may happen to have about them. We also offer great advice on marketing and promotion with these platinum enhanced sterlings.

The response has been steady and very brisk, a good sign for a new alloy on the market.