Daniel S Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I made a bottle opener this past weekend. It was fun making something to do a job and have to fit fairly closely. After shaping it, it bent to easily. I then normalized it 3 times and hardened it in water. I then tempered it to purple on the working end, by sticking the non working end in the fire. Since this was the first bottle opener, I left my marks from measuring. This is the first pass. Unfortunately, I didn't have another bottle opener around as an example. The prying portion needed to turn up a little on the end. Then reheat treated. The steel came out of a bucket of scrap, so I have no idea what it is. The upside of the whole project was, a friend said he would take a few to sell in his taxidermy shop during deer season. I will probably be more selective of the steel choice for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobshagg Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Looks good I like the leather lanyard on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel S Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Thank you. On the next revision I'm going to either fuller a groove or punch a hole to keep the lanyard in place a little better. It hasn't caused a problem yet, but it moves around a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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