G5 Prybabies

Hi Everyone,

Happy Weekend! :) Lovely day today although it's going to be getting pretty hot over the next few days.

I have some S35vn steel G5 Prybabies with stonewashed finish available today. These are less than 5/32" in thickness at .140", just slightly lighter than usual, so I'll call these the Summer Weight Prybabies. They are $60 each plus shipping and the link is below...thanks for stopping in and I hope everyone is having a great summer!

First wave is gone but I have more coming in a day or two...thank you!

Plain Swingers

Sometimes the shop is a good place to beat the heat. I put in some time earlier today and got some more Swingers done. These are plain, no anodizing, with a fine glass bead finish on them.

Plain ones are gone, thank you everyone!

Swingers!

Hello Everyone,

It's a warm one today, still 91F degrees here and it reached a high close to 100F. At least it's not too humid or it would be intolerable. Anyway, I hope everyone is staying cool!

I'm working on a new flat tool in titanium and have the first wave ready to go. These are geared toward golfers and they're something that I have been talking about making for years but just never seemed to get around to the project. Recently I had started thinking about making a run of some sort of flat tool but didn't want to revisit my old designs. So I thought, why not revive the divot repair tool idea...and with a nudge from a couple of my customers who are avid golfers I sat down and did some drawings.

The Swinger is made of 6al4v titanium, a little over 3 inches long and about 1 inch wide. The thickness is .060 which is thin but not too thin...the tool still has a little bit of substance to it but is thin enough that it will slip into the dirt easily. The Swinger features a divot repair fork, a bottle opener and a simple light duty pry/scraper tip. You could probably use it as a club rest with a little jockeying. Even non golfers might find this a handy little backup piece for the wallet.

The first wave is anodized blue and I will follow this one with some plain unanodized ones and then maybe some more in different colors.

The Swinger is $45 plus shipping. Thanks as always for stopping by!

Blue One are Gone, Thank you! More on the way in other colors.

More Tipplers

Hi Folks,

It's getting warmer. By the end of the week it will be in the mid 90's and humid so good time to hunker down in the basement and get some stuff done.

OK, tonight I have the remaining 303 stainless steel Tipplers finished... Thanks as always for stopping by and stay cool!

All gone for now, thank you!

Stainless Steel Tipplers

Hi Folks,

Well, finally I have something in stock again...today I have the first wave of 303 stainless steel Tipplers ready to go. These are finely made and built to last at least 10 lifetimes. They are truly beautiful objects IMO. They have been passivated (acid washed) to remove surface iron and sulfur and that leaves them fairly neutral smelling and tasting as well as giving them a bright finish. Each Tippler holds one generous sized shot of liquid refreshment, 35ml which is 6 ml more than a standard 1 fluid oz shot.

The cost of material and labor has gone up since I made these last and so they are slightly more than the first batch that I made two years ago, $60 each plus shipping. International orders for one Tippler will ship via Priority Mail and for more than one will ship via Express Mail. As always, thanks so much for stopping by!

First Wave is Sold Out, thank you!

Weekend Update

Howdy All,

Sorry for the long radio silence. I had to take some days off to enjoy life while we had a spell of really fine weather but now it's rainy, hot and muggy so back to the dungeon for me! For the past week or more I've been scrambling to get a bunch of projects underway. Good things are ahead!

For those who remember my stainless steel shot glasses, I have another round of the Tippler cups coming up for the middle of next week. These hold a generous shot of your favorite refreshment (actually 35ml vs 29ml for a standard shot) and are in 303 stainless steel. I'm doing the same classic pattern as the originals.

Today I sent out some Summer Weight G5 Prybabies to heat treat. These were a little under the usual 5/32" thickness so will not weigh your keychain down so much. They will be back in two weeks and ready to go then.

G2 Keytons are still sitting here waiting for me to start grinding them. Hope to get going on them next week or possibly over the weekend depending on how much energy I have.

More Roid Rench G5 Prybabies have been cut and are waiting for me to start working on them but I want to get into the G2 Keytons first. But at least those are here for when I get time to start them and that's half the battle.

Some other nifty items are in the works too...the Swinger, the Pest and the EDK. More info on those as time goes on... ;)

As soon as I get some more lanyards tied I will do a sale with some full sized bronze rifle knurl Lanslides. And I have other odds and ends such as that small batch of full sized Poltergeists too. So please bear with me a few more days! Good stuff is on the way. :)

More Bronze Mini Ribbed Lanslides

Alrighty then...I have the rest of these done this evening. Here is the purchase link, thanks again!

Sold out, thanks so much folks!

Bronze Mini Ribbed Lanslides

Hi Folks,

We've had great weather here for the past few days so working away in the shop has not been high on my agenda. But it looks like we're in for a spot of rain over the next few days so I guess it's back to the old grindstone for me. Literally. :)

Today I have some Mini Ribbed Lanslides done. These are in bright machine satin bronze and are the usual $15 each plus shipping. Thanks so much and happy first day of summer!

All gone for now but I will have more shortly, thank you!

Mail to Canada

My post office put up a sign yesterday saying that they will no longer accept any mail to Canada because of the postal strike. Up until recently my understanding was that the mail was still going through but that it was being delivered on a rotation schedule but now I'm not sure what is happening. I'm afraid maybe a lot of mail is being held at the border. So until further notice I'm not going to be able to take any orders from Canada and I just hope they get the situation resolved soon.

Few More Stamped Poltergeists

Hi Folks,

How about an evening sale? :D

I have a few more of the stamped Mini Poltergeists in S35vn steel left. They are $55 plus shipping..thank you as always!

Sold Out, thank you!

Stamped Mini Poltergeists

Hey Everyone,

Hope you all are having a good weekend! It's another rainy and gloomy day here so since outside activities are a wash I figured it would be a perfect day for a sale.

Today I have CPM S35vn steel Mini Poltergeists with antique stamps on them. These were in the same run as the recent plain mini Poltergeists so they have been tumbled to a nice buttery smooth finish. Stamps are mostly different so I'll send you what I send you... They are $55 plus shipping...thank you and have a great rest of the weekend!

All gone for now, thanks so much folks!

Mini Poltergeists in Steel

Hi Everyone,

OK, today I have more Mini Poltergeists done, this time in CPM S35vn steel. These have been tumbled for twice as long as usual and have developed a very nice buttery smooth feel to them. They are $50 plus shipping and the link is below. As always, thanks so much for your interest, patience and support, it is much appreciated!

Sold Out for now! Thank you folks and have a great evening!

Titanium Mini Poltergeists

Hi Folks,

OK, today I have the first wave of titanium Mini Poltergeists. These have my High Voltage patterning on them and are anodized green. Absolutely gorgeous!

Anyway, the batch is quite small so it's a one per customer sale...they run $70 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks as always!

Sold Out!

Five Flute Olive G10 Lanslides

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! It's just perfect weather here and it's
supposed to be this way for a week or so. Nice evening for a little sale...

Today I have the remaining Five Flute Olive G10 Lanslides done. These are $15 each plus the shipping. As always, thanks for checking in!

That's it for now, thank you again and have a great rest of the weekend!

Left Handed G5 Prybabies

Howdy everyone. It's been a gorgeous day and I've spent a good bit of it outside doing Spring painting. Now it's time for a break and a short sale...

I don't have many of these so it's a one per customer sale. I rarely make left handed tools so it would be great if the righties would let the lefties have a go at these. No worries if you are right handed, I have many many more G5 Prybabies underway both in Roid Edition and normal thicknesses as well.

The Left Handed G5 Prybabies are made of S35vn steel with raw bar finish. They are $65 each plus shipping and link is below. Have a great weekend folks!

Lefties are gone, thank you so much!

Mini Ribbed Lanslides

Howdy Folks,

It's a beautiful day here today. Sunshine and pleasant temperatures. A big contrast to yesterday in which we had hot muggy weather and violent storms. There were several tornadoes south of here in the city of Springfield and several people were killed. Very rare weather for this area. Luckily for us there was no damage here and no loss of electricity. There were some anxious hours though watching the live footage of the storms and looking out the window at the swirling dark clouds passing by our house. You could really see the distinct layers of air movement going on.

Anyway, getting back on track...originally I was going to do a lot of the ti gear leashes but they take too much time to tie up so I'm taking the "lazy" way out and offering the beads as regular Lanslides. These smaller sized ones are particularly elegant in shape and are the same size as the Mini Rifle Knurl beads I did earlier this year. I think they are my new personal favorite.

The Mini Ribbed Lanslides run $15 each plus shipping as usual and the link is below. As always, thanks for stopping in and fear not, there is tons more stuff in the works as well so stay tuned!

All gone for now, thank you so much!

G5 Prybabies with Stamps

Hi Folks,

OK, so today I have G5 Prybabies with antique diemaker stamps available. I don't have a lot of them so I'll make it a one per customer sale. These run $65 plus shipping.

Stamped ones are sold out, thank you!

G5 Prybabies

Hi Folks,

Hope everyone is having a great week and getting some nice weather! It's gorgeous here and almost too nice to work...

Today I have some G5 Prybabies done. These are the regular 5/32 thickness S35vn steel and they have a nice subdued stonewashed finish on them which will wear very nicely on your keys. They run $60 each plus shipping. As always, thank you so much for dropping in, I really appreciate it.

Sold out, thank you very much! More in a day or so.

G5 Prybabies: Roid Rench Edition

Q: What do elite sports stars in baseball, football, bicycling and the new G5 Prybaby all have in common?
A: They've all been Juicin'!

I wasn't expecting these back from heat treat this week since I sent in the regular thickness G5s first. But back they are...this special edition of the G5 Prybaby is made of super thick and tough CPM 3V tool steel hardened to 57-59 Rockwell and cryogenically treated. They retain some of the high temperature heat treat colors in the inside corners and surfaces so if you see a reddish tinge it is not rust. Unlike regular cutlery steels CPM 3v requires a very high tempering temperature to bring out it's incredible toughness, hence the color.

Anyway, at nearly 1/4" thick these are the most robust Prybabies I've ever made. They are monsters. I made sure they had an extra long tumbling too so the corners and edges are nicely softened for a comfortable grip.

The G5 Roid Renches will run $70 each plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks so much for your patience during the past few weeks while I got all these batches ground, milled and processed!

Sold Out for now! Thank you!

Good Riddance Sale

Hey Everyone,

I think you know what I mean today...here's to better days ahead for the whole world.

I'm working on some large batches of G5 Prybabies and so will be doing grinding and prepping them for heat treat for a few days this week.

Anyway, today I have the rest of the S35vn E115 tools done. These have been stonewashed, actually they have my very similar but slightly matte antique satin finish on them. There's only a couple dozen so it's a one per customer sale...they are $60 plus shipping. Thanks very much!

Sold out!