Titanium Skeletaurs!

Howdy Folks,

This is the first cooler week we have had so far this fall and it's a real harbinger of what is coming. It will only be in the 50's all week and it is supposed to rain tomorrow, so will be raw and chilly feeling. We did end up with a few colorful leaves here and there this fall, despite the ongoing drought, but leaf season was mostly kind of dull compared to some years. Now the weather seems to finally be turning wetter and that is a good thing for the trees, and our well water.

Today I have a brand new tool for you! I've always loved skeleton keys since I was a kid, and for years I have wanted to make a tool inspired by that iconic shape. The Skeletaur isn't an exact replica but it does rhyme, kinda like history...Titanium Skeletaurs are 3 inches OAL, and feature a broad pry tip with classic V notch, also a cap lifter 5/16-7/16 wrench set. A sweet little tool with a great hand feel. I have stamped these, but there are a few plain ones as well if anyone wishes to email me for one. And I did make several lefties also...a second batch in steel is on the bench and so those will be coming in a month or so.

Titanium Skeletaurs will run $70 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I hope your week is going great! 

 

 

 

Ancient Stoneware Tokens: Round Two

Howdy Folks,

I made quite a few of these nifty little ceramic tokens over the summer. They were rather fun to make and I really enjoyed mixing and matching the various subjects on the front and back sides. The themes are very wide ranging, running the gamut from nature images to pirates, space, fantasy and classical mythology, and some of the combos are quite unexpected and amusing. A neat little "lucky" EDC pocket piece or an interesting item for sparking conversation for your desk at work. They also will make great little stocking stuffers for the holidays.

Ancient Artifact Stoneware Tokens run $15 plus shipping and the link is below. The batch is quite large and I will leave them up for the duration. Thanks for coming by today and hope your holiday season is a happy one!

 

 

 

 

Titanium ThumbNails

Howdy Folks, I am finally back! ;)

Well it certainly has been a wild month. I had a rodent infestation in my garage that resulted in totaling my wife's old car and damaging my nine year old ride as well. So, after more than two weeks of cleaning and reorganizing I now have a very clean garage with tons of rodent prevention measures in place, and we both have new cars. Not the best timing, but maybe not the worst either, and, bonus, my garage now smells like peppermint, lol! Right after the car disaster I came down with a bad cold/flu that has taken two weeks to get over and I'm still not quite 100%. So, quite a miserable time, but now I am finally feeling better and am back to work in the shop.

Today I have the first wave of the long awaited Titanium ThumbNail tools done. These simple little guys are only 1.75" long and are modeled after the original tiny sized Wedgies from the very first batch made many years ago. I only made about 10 of those at the time, so I thought I would revisit them. These little guys are among the smallest tools that I have made, so a minimalist piece for sure. They feature a simple pry tip and 1/4 hex opening. I have stamped these, but there are a few plain ones as well for folks who prefer vanilla, just drop me a note. The Atwood name stamp is on the back side and they are ambidextrous.

Titanium ThumbNail tools will run $50 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for your patience and for popping in today!

All gone for today, thank you! New Skeletaurs will be coming up next week... :)

 

 

More Timascus Keytons!

Howdy all, and Happy Almost Fall! 

It's definitely cooling down here in the northeast, but still warmish for this time of year. That part is good but unfortunately the rain has still been scarce. We are in the worst summer drought that I can recall since I started gardening a decade ago. So it remains to be seen how much foliage color we will have this fall since a lot of the leaves are turning brown and drying up on the trees. Many trees and shrubs are already turning from the stress as well. Usually the first week of October is peak foliage so we shall see how it goes.

I've been quite busy in the shop for the past week. I just got done prepping out Zirconium Keytons as well as the new Titanium and Steel Skeletaurs. They will get milled next and then I can do finish grinding and final finishing steps. I keep putting off Titanium ThumbNail tools, but they are on deck and I just need to finish the grinds and anodizing. Several other nifty tool batches are brewing as well such as Titanium PryDaddy Juniors, so stay tuned.

Today I have the rest of the Timascus Keyton batch for you. These are quite gorgeous and I have enjoyed working on them. Actually working on them was sort of a pain, but the payoff comes at the end with all these fantastic colors! :) 

So there is a wide variety of wild colors here, including one with very stealthy C-51 contrast if anyone wants to drop me a note and claim it. No lefties again I'm sorry to say, but I will have lefties coming up soon in the zirconium Keyton batch mentioned above.

Timascus Keytons run $95 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for dropping by and I hope your week is shaping up to be a fabulous one! 

Sold out, thank you so much!

 

 

 

Another Round of Ancient Artifact Bronze!

Howdy Folks,

Happy Monday! It's really cooling down up here in New England this week with highs expected only in the 70's. It's suddenly starting to feel very fall like after our scorching weeks in July and most of August. Still no rain in sight though.

Today I have another handful of Ancient Artifact Bronze tokens for you. I've been having some fun with these and will keep making them periodically in the months ahead. I also will have another group of the stoneware ones coming up shortly as well.  

Ancient Artifact Bronze tokens will run $55 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for stopping by as always, and have a great last week of summer ahead. 

All gone for now, thank you so much!

 

Timascus Keytons!

Happy Monday!

Well, after a brutal past couple of weeks heatwise, where we were also hit with a double whammy of unrelenting drought, we finally got a drenching rainstorm over the weekend which the parched ground absorbed in about two seconds. And now the temperature has finally abated and it looks like we have at least a week of very comfortable temperatures to look forward to ahead. Still no rain to speak of in the forecast though. 

I have been quite busy on projects. I'm almost done with the little ThumbNail tools. I will have more Ancient Artifact tokens coming up soon. I have a few small remainder batches to clean up and finish as well. I just finished a drawing for a new tool called the Skeletaur, and that is about to get cut this week. I am finally going to cut a tool called the SupaWrench that I had initially planned two years ago but put on hold. So lots of stuff in the hopper for the end of summer and early fall.

Today I have a small batch of Timascus Keytons for you! They are quite spectacular and are all different in pattern and coloring. These are super hard to capture in a photograph in this poor light today, but the colors are quite vibrant. I also have a couple that are heat colored and are a bit more subdued. I forgot to mill lefties in this batch though, sorry about that, and I don't think there were any in the other half batch either which I will have coming up soon.

Timascus Keytons will run $95 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for popping in today and I hope your summer has been stellar so far!   

Sold out, thank you so much!

 

 

More Ancient Artifact Bronze Tokens

Howdy Folks,

It's super hazy here in New England today, as it was yesterday, from the Canadian wildfires. Feels gross outside and so indoors is where it is at for right now.

For years I have had my simple product cards made at Staples. Well, they changed their print department around this spring, and so now I have to change the way I get my cards printed. So you can expect various formats and different looks for a while until I can settle down with a repeatable template that I like. This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts and wastes a lot of my time when I could be making products instead of dealing with a bunch of software changes. And since I don't have a staff I end up having to do everything myself, which is just fine, but still annoying when these little glitches come up that must be related to. Anyhow, the new cards will no doubt end up much nicer than the old ones so this will probably work out just fine.

I've certainly been having a lot of fun with these Bronze Ancient Artifact Tokens! I will definitely be making more of them as time permits, but since making them is a slow process it's really hard to make very many at once. So I will be making small batches every once in a while between tools and other items.

Ancient Artifact Bronze Tokens will run $55 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for coming by this afternoon and hope your week is going great. ;) 

All gone, thank you! More coming soon though.