Daswulf Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Thanks Jim, when discussing what size my buddy wanted them to be he half joked about the poking ability. They are "matching" his and hers for stocking stuffers. I like the design tho and will make more when time allows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 VaughnT I really like those! Beautiful shapes! Handy survival items too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 More rune pendants for the keyring! I never get tired of making these things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 I can't believe I haven't made any of those yet Vaughn. Love the design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 How are you texturing the surfaces for the keyrings? Once when I was making a dragon door knocker out of some 1" sq stock, (the wings were fold formed sheet metal that fastened to the door with the knocker pivoting off them) I tuned my propane forge burner to be terribly terribly oxidizing and let the work piece soak to get a really really heavy scale layer that when it was chipped off left an interesting pebbly looking surface to the dragon's body. Very odd, as as a knifemaker I was so used to running reducing even heavily reducing to avoid scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 The texturing jig.... some beads were laid down first, but I wasn't too keen on how they were doing. So, I went after the thing with the pointed end of a chipping hammer and did some more with my center punch. I'm still not 100% satisfied with the look I get, but running the steel through a few times, altering direction every pass, gives a nice random texture. Before welding up the jig, I was doing each pendant individually and that took a lot of time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 This is when a piece of horribly pitted and messed up steel from the scrap yard might actually be useful... Anyone try a needle scaler on hot metal for this sort of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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