Nick Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Made this today, based on a picture in Decorative Antique Ironwork by Henry R. D'Allemagne. It's very small, only 1 1/2"x1 1/8", forged from a coil spring. There's no scale in the book, so I had to guess at the size based on its relationship to other images on the page, but I think I'm fairly close to the original size. The small striking area is a little trickier than with bigger strikers, but the compact design is nice and those curls and the space below give plenty of grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Very cool, Nick! It really is key chain size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Very nice. Just enough for the job without getting too big and always in the way. Does it open bottles, by chance??? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 That's awesome! Now I want to see your mustache bent up into that shape :) If you brought that up to fist scale it could moonlight as a set of 2 finger knuckles too :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks :) Doesn't open bottles, but I may have to give that a shot sometime. Right now I'm working on a striker/ember tong combo. That's awesome! Now I want to see your mustache bent up into that shape :) I would be in the running in the freestyle category in a beard and moustache competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 is that the same category where the dude with the windmill 'stache is? el google was not tremendously useful, would ember tongs be like a little hold down/clip on the thumb side of the striker to hold a piece of charcloth or other tinder so you don't have to use your thumb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 That's the full beard freestyle. Usually beards and 'taches are separate categories. The ember tongs are smaller versions of big pipe tongs, used to pick up a coal to light a pipe. I posted a set I made a while back that had a box joint and tamper on the handle. If all goes well, this set will be one piece, acting a bit like tweezers but with one arm left hard for striking. I'll post it when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabbsterinn Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 hm, sounds like a swiss army pipe lighter to me, if you'd add the tampering thing (for one who's made 5 pipes, i know very little about smoking and don't even do it myself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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