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A silversmith is a craftsman who crafts objects from silver.

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Differences Between Blacksmiths, and Silversmiths. 

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Differences Between Blacksmiths, and Silversmiths. 

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The differences between blacksmiths and Silversmiths are silversmiths tend to work with more precious and softer metals like gold, diamond, and silver. The blacksmiths work with harder metals like iron and steel making screws and weapons and things like this. While silversmiths make products more friendly to a regular person. They make silverware and teapots.

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https://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter08/tools.cfm

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How a Silversmith starts his build/project

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How a Silversmith starts his build/project

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The smith begins with a thick piece of metal called an ingot. The ingot is hammered with a sledgehammer on an anvil to thin the metal. Then the piece is placed over a stake, and the raising process begins. When the shaping is finished, the final smoothing is done with a planishing hammer.Decorative pieces such as handles and finials are added after the final planishing. These pieces are cast in sand molds and are attached to the body of the piece with silver solder. Sometimes the smith uses a jeweler's saw or a sharp tool to create a pierced design in the object being crafted. Finally, the piece is polished using pumice (a volcanic ash), tripoli (decomposed limestone, less abrasive than pumice), and jeweler's rouge (powdered red iron ore.) These final steps require a great deal of time, often more than the shaping of the piece itself.

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The image below is a tea pot made from silver.

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Paul Revere was a very famous silversmith who warned the colonists that the British were coming.

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These tools make the silversmith have an easier job

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Watch a clip of Silversmithing tools at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. The 92nd St Y was featured in the Process episode of Craft in America. For more on Craft in America, visit www.craftinamerica.org. All Craft in America programs are now viewable on the PBS iPhone/iPad app and online at video.pbs.org/program/craft-in-america.

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The top part lifts off.

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The pros of silversmithing are you get work with your hands every day and you get a fair price for the products you make. Some people may not want to work with there hands so this job is not for them. Some cons of being a silversmith are you may get burned from the hot metal or furnace. Also you may get injured working with the tools needed to be a silversmith. Another con is you may be exposed to chemicals that may burn you. One con is that you have to have really  good accuracy. One pro is that you get work with precious material like metals and gems