November 14, 200916 yr Hello, I come from Austria/Europe. My way of writing is not the best, apology. I write better in German than in English language. That is my first sculpture. greeting from Austria Thomas
November 15, 200916 yr clicking on thumbs in this thread will open windows outside of ifi. i don't know if it is malicious or not but beware.
November 15, 200916 yr It may be the equivalent of photobucket. I have attached the threads to the forum so there is no outside linking involved.
November 15, 200916 yr Glenn did a great job of attaching the images directly to the forum. For those that are curious how to examine a photograph's location, right-click on the thumbnail or photograph and you will be able to see the web address of the image, starting with the website's name.
November 15, 200916 yr Author The LINK to the pictures was not meant malicious. I did not know it better. In Austria is this kind of pictures up-loads usual practice. I did not want to release a panic with my first forum-tread:) - Sorry! Perhaps there is nevertheless still feedback to the forging work. greetings from Austria Thomas
November 15, 200916 yr Nice job. Curious though, are there still a lot of bottles in Austria that need a bottle opener? Most bottles I see here in the U.S.A. are twist off caps. Matter of fact, I can't remember the last time I needed a bottle opener. You can also use the user control panel to update your location. Don't worry about your English. Even though my last name is Hess your English is better than my German :D
November 16, 200916 yr mr biggun most bottles in europe need a bottle opener! thomas i love yr work - i particularly love his massive eye punched right through. he is very robust! hope you like the forum:)
November 16, 200916 yr I really like the opener, can you tell us how you cut the material for the horns/ears and the lower jaw? Chris
November 16, 200916 yr Author hallo, thanks for your praise. Praise from the other side of the world is new for me material 5/8 (16mm) square bar rectangular bend mark mouth and eye drill the eye with 3mm mouth cut, mouth must be a little bit longer than the head mark the nose and model it eye punch 10mm collars crown simply cut with a portable circular saw or a Chisel, and bend accordingly form the mouth handle: torsion or other ornament file the collars crown surface: engine oil and bee wax I hope it ist understandable. I practiced for a long time before the work procedures were correct:( In Austria we are old fashionable:cool:. Therefore are many bottles without "twist-caps" Thomas
November 27, 200916 yr Excellent! really nice to see such fine work. most of our locally made beer needs an opener so I need to try one of these, it will go well with the corkscrew Hofi demo'd
November 27, 200916 yr Curious though, are there still a lot of bottles in Austria that need a bottle opener? Most bottles I see here in the U.S.A. are twist off caps. Matter of fact, I can't remember the last time I needed a bottle opener. BIGGUNDOCTOR, I cant remember the last time I consumed from a twist off. Soda bottles are plastic (I don't drink soda - scared of Diabetes!) and the kind of beer that comes in twist-off bottles is so bland that I would rather drink water or go dry. I brew most of the beer I drink - so twist off is not an option. When we go out - it's Sam Adams or Guinness (both need an opener - but I don't open them!) I had my first Sam Adams when they introduced it (probably 15 years ago) and haven't had a Bud or a Miller since - probably never will. McMonky - Welcome to the forum. I love the bottle opener. I have seen tons of stuff on this forum that I want to try when the smithy is complete - Yours is the first that has inspired me to finally create a folder and bookmark the thread. Thanks for sharing. I will probably make some of those for gifts. It will be a nice small piece to practice on. Edited November 27, 200916 yr by Cross Pein Forgot the welcome!
December 8, 200916 yr the bottle opener is great. next you can start doing church key openers. " if you don't need an opener for your beer you need to buy better beer" matt o
December 8, 200916 yr the forging is great you had to move allot of metal your writing is fine and i bet the beer that you are opening is much better than the twist off bottles that were mentioned earlier i like a good pilsner the Czech beers are excellent
December 16, 200916 yr mcmonkey, welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here. Your English is just fine. No worries. I really like what you have made. I will have to try it also. Thank you for posting. I look forward to seeing future work. (small world, I have family in Vienna ) Mitch
January 3, 201016 yr Really nice work, I will have to make one for next time I travel to Darwin as the beers up there are big. If you want to know how big check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_stubby.jpg Trevor
January 3, 201016 yr Really nice work, I will have to make one for next time I travel to Darwin as the beers up there are big.....Trevor Wow, I am impressed by both the bottle openers and how big Darwin beer bottles evolved into. That would make a great head for a cane, that way when someone's doctor says to keep their distance from beer compliance would be easier. :D
February 18, 201016 yr Not even close to yours Thomas, but here's my first attempt.... Used a railroad spike for mine.
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