Double Cross by Travis Walker: Carrying on Gaborâ€™s heritage

A Tribute to Travis Walker of Double Cross

What is biker jewelry (often known as sterling silver gothic jewelry, rock n roll jewelry and rock jewelry)? While we certainly know what it is, it can hardly be described adequately in words. Biker jewelry generally takes the form of heavy, bulky jewelry handcrafted from sterling silver. It incorporates bold, unconventional, daring and sometimes anarchic, defiant designs and motifs. The image it creates is that of handsome, rugged, motorcyclists riding powerful Harleys over winding country roads into beautiful sunsets. Or that of a successful rock star on stage, commanding the adoration of millions of adoring punk fans in the mosh pit below. It is a look which stirs imaginations and commands attention. Today, this look has been popularized amongst musicians, bikers, biker enthusiasts, rock n roll enthusiasts and other cultural trendsetters seeking to express their individualism through the accessories they wear. This article introduces Travis Walker: a first generation sterling silver gothic jewelry designer, and one of the finest biker jewelry designers the world has seen since Gabor Nagy revolutionized the biker look through biker jewelry.

Who is Travis Walker

Travis Walker, a 1st generation gothic silver design guru, has been crafting quality sterling silver gothic jewelry (known also as biker jewelry or rock ‘n roll jewelry) and leather designs for over eighteen years. Like many other pioneers of sterling silver biker jewelry such as Bill Wall and Gabor Nagy, Travis Walker was born and raised in Malibu, California, where he still resides today with his wife, Brittany. Travis Walker began his design career by making custom motorcycle seats for some of the top bike builders, including Harley Davidson, and continues to create custom pieces for special clients and celebrities. Discovering a ready market for fashionable biking apparel, Travis Walker ventured into the world of sterling silver biker jewelry, which he pioneered under the pupillage of the late design legend Gabor Nagy. As one of Gabor Nagy’s top students, Travis Walker eventually rose to become the vice President of Gaboratory. However, the desire to create something for himself led him to leave the hallowed halls of Gaboratory and embark upon a path towards making a name for himself.

The Birth of Double Cross Jewelry

In 1996 Travis released his first line of biker jewelry, marking the beginning of Double Cross Jewelry. Since then his popularity has grown overseas and he has maintained an underground and exclusive clientele. Double Cross has made custom pieces for rock stars, A-list actors, special clients and some of the top bike builders. Travis Walker’s original designs range from edgy and rugged to high-end and sleek. Wearing Double Cross designs not only makes you stand out as an individual; it also speaks volumes about your lifestyle as one defined by surf, motorcycles, social status, rock n roll and a zest for life. Today, Double Cross is an underground and exclusive brand, and markets itself successfully as a luxury brand for gothic sterling silver jewelry. Its gorgeous sterling silver biker jewelry pieces, unfortunately, are now priced at levels beyond what sterling silver enthusiasts can reasonably afford.

Punksilver's Double Cross: Impressions and Inspiration

At Punksilver.com, we bring you the best of Travis Walker and Double Cross sterling silver impressions at affordable prices. With the phenomenal popularity of Travis Walker and Double Cross, the prices of Double Cross sterling silver jewelry pieces have quickly risen above what most biker jewelry enthusiasts find affordable. Original designer label bracelets from names such as Double Cross, along with Gaboratory, Chrome Hearts and Bill Wall Leather can easily set you back US$12,000 depending on the weight and the intricacy. At Punksilver.com, we recreate the appearance and mood of some of Double Cross’s best sterling silver biker jewelry designs and offer them to you at a fraction of the original retail price. Like the original sterling silver piece, our Double Cross-inspired biker jewelry pieces are made purely from sterling silver and crafted by hand. In the same way as Double Cross manufacturers do, our factory moulds generate only basic shapes, which our artists then manually handcraft, mould, carve and chemically polish and treat into the art piece we ultimately deliver to your doorstep; a heavy silver art piece inspired by the Travis Walker Double Cross item you desired. Since you’re not going to end up paying for the Travis Walker Double Cross brand label when you purchase our products, our prices are significantly lower than what you’d pay for an original Travis Walker Double Cross piece (up to 90% lower).

Since at punksilver.com, our Double Cross-inspired collections are also made from the same sterling silver and crafted from the same quality moulds that Double Cross uses to craft the originals, they appearance and mood materially identical to the original Double Cross product, offering you the same satisfaction as the original Double Cross piece at a tiny fraction of the price.