Wood & Sterling Silver Bar Necklace, Horizontal Metal Inlay

A horizontal wood bar with a fine line of metal inlaid across it, hung from two points on a sterling silver chain so it sits level and centered. Choose your wood and whether the inlay is sterling silver or brass.

Materials and craft

I cut each bar from solid hardwood, rout a channel, and inlay the metal by hand so it finishes flush with the grain. The two-point sterling silver chain keeps the bar horizontal and steady. Every piece is sanded smooth, sealed with food-safe oil and beeswax, and made in my one-person studio in Hamilton, Ohio.

Details

• Pendant: horizontal wood bar, approximately 2 inches wide
• Inlay: your choice of sterling silver or brass, set into the wood
• Wood: nine options, Canarywood, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, Olivewood, Orangeheart, Purpleheart, Redheart, Walnut
• Chain: sterling silver, hung from two points so the bar sits level
• Finish: food-safe oil and beeswax
• Made to order: cut and finished after you order, ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Packaging: ships on a plantable seed paper card; add a gift box at checkout and it still ships on the seed paper
• Made in: Hamilton, Ohio

Care

Keep it dry when you can and wipe it with a soft cloth. If the wood looks dry over time, refresh it with a drop of food-safe mineral oil or my Wood Butter.

A wood anniversary keepsake

Wood is the traditional fifth-anniversary gift, and the clean horizontal line of wood and metal makes this an easy, modern one to give. Because each wood has its own grain, no two bars are exactly alike.

Gives back: every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.