Nice sunny one out there today folks...still quite chilly though. However, it's Opening Day for baseball, and that is a wonderful thing!
Today I have two more cool mugs for you. I hope to make more later this spring, but hard to know at the moment.
#1- Robots Activate! Crazy Robots, Manual Switch and Einstein inside. Hehe, I just love this whacky stuff. :) $65 plus shipping:
Sold, thank you so much!
It's a lovely sunny day out there today, although a bit cool still. Spring does feel a bit closer though and I am so ready for it.
Today I have a couple of crazy mugs for you. These are from a few months ago but I will be making more this spring as well as some other little clay projects.
Gone in a flash! Thanks so much! :)
#1 Wizard/Mushroom/Beetle- A nice Springtime theme I think with that cool Celtic border. $65 plus shipping:
Howdy Folks! Happy Spring to you all. It's still quite cool up here and we have one small pile of ugly icy snow left in the yard where the plow pushed it up. But daffodils and crocus flowers are poking up all over the place, and it looks like my treasured tiny strawberries have all wintered very nicely. I have started lots of sweet pepper plants and very soon will plant some tomato seeds as well.
Sorry for the long radio silence, there has been so much going on here. Projects have been very slow to get rolling this year for various reasons, but much of that has been solved and I just need to do a bit more machine maintenance. But I have quite a few new designs already cut or about to be cut, so lots of new stuff is on the menu for this year. I've also been taking a deep dive into research on historical artifacts and designs, and that has yielded some very cool new ideas and interesting directions to explore. There is so much cool stuff rolling around in my head right now that I can barely articulate it, but I will let you in on some it in the weeks ahead.
Today I have a batch of lovely Timascus Mega Hexy beads for you. These have satellite dots milled into them on 5 sides and a name stamp on the sixth side. They are flame colored and have a variety of gorgeous patterned colors on them.
Timascus Mega Hexy beads will run $50 each plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for stopping by today, as always, and I hope sunny warm days are coming to you this week as well.
All gone, thank you so much!
Howdy folks,
Well the winds are howling out there and there are power outages all around. It is bitter cold and has been for the past several weeks. This is turning out to be quite the nasty New England winter and the snow and ice storm we just had this past weekend was a doozy. Anyway, after today it should settle down and just be very cold for a couple of weeks with no significant threats on the horizon. Spring will come dammit, it has no choice. Hehe. :)
I've been scrambling to do some planning for the year and have just completed several new drawings, two of which are already being cut and another is on the bench already. I've spent a lot of time researching all sorts of zany stuff and looking at tools from the historical record for inspiration. This has always my most productive time of year for drawings and new ideas since I tend to be stuck indoors. It will be an interesting few months ahead as some of these items start coming along.
Some old timers may remember the flat tool series that I made years ago that included Keytons and various Prybabies. I decided to make a couple of new tools along the same line.
Today I have a batch of Flat Titanium E115 tools for you. These are plain with a nice burnished finish that feels great in your hand. They just have a name stamp, although I will make some with decorative stamps and color anodizing soon. This lightweight back up tool is only .060 thick, but it is still plenty strong enough for simple light pry tasks. For instance, I was able to open a paint can with ease during my testing. An SAE wrench set completes the package. Handy little tool for the wallet or for those who seek a minimalist light EDC kit.
I did make some lefties btw, if anyone wants to email me, and I will actually use one of the lefties today for the stock photo.
Flat Titanium E115s will run $45 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for popping in today and I hope you stay warm out there!
Sold out for today. Thanks so much! I will have more of these soon with stamps and anodizing.
A Happy Monday to you all,
We're looking at some moderate but typical winter temperatures this week. It won't be too terribly cold, but still quite cold enough. At least the sun will make a few appearances throughout the week which always cheers me up.
Speaking of folks who need to be cheered up...these fires out in LA are absolutely insane and will probably be the biggest disaster the country has ever seen. The needs of everyone, rich and poor alike, are intense and will only be more so in the weeks and months to come. So I've been trying to think of little ways to help. I don't entirely trust huge charities to necessarily deliver the biggest impact since they tend to be so bloated, but I figure the old manure analogy probably applies: The more you spread it around the more good it will do. So in keeping with that idea, a portion of today's sale will go to the Los Angeles Food Bank, because without a full belly it's going to be hard to rebuild anything.
Today I have some brand new Count Sporkulas for you. These are made of 301 half hard stainless steel, which offers both excellent rust resistance and enough stiffness to be up to the job of light tableware. This alternate Sporkula design has broader fork tines. It also has a wider spatula/spoon end which features two different radiuses on the corners for a variety of scraping and scooping tasks. This is a nice little tool for camping or simply daily wallet carry and it has a satisfying heft to it.
Stainless Count Sporkulas will run $50 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for stopping by today and hope your week is a great one.
All gone for now, thank you again!Howdy Folks,
It's cold and breezy here today, but at least we will be seeing a little bit of sun. The days are already getting longer, and amazingly we don't have a single flake of snow on the ground at the moment.
Today I have something really fun for you. I actually cut these tools a couple of years ago, but because they were laser cut as opposed to waterjet, they were a bit rough around the edges. I dithered for a long time whether I should try to fix them up or just give up on them and move on. But, after looking them over recently, I decided that at least some of them were worth saving even if it meant a whole bunch of tedious hand filing and numerous extra steps to make them presentable. The results are still not quite as clean as I would have liked, but they are very usable indeed, particularly for their intended purpose.
The WrapStar is a chunky key fob tool. Normally I use tool steels or other harder metals for wrench tools, but here I decided to go with a full 1/4 inch thick 304 stainless steel, simply because these are so massive that they can take a lot of abuse before you would ever wear them out. They feature 9/16 and 5/8 inch box wrenches as the main hex openings, as well as O2 and Acetylene B tank wrenches in the narrower waist area. However, my main intent with this project was not so much to make wrenches as the other functions that are possible.
As a 4.125 inch OAL key fob, these give you a massive handle grip for your keys, and I will include an oversized heavy duty key ring...Instantly turn your keys into a devastating self defense flail with this tool. I definitely would not want to be on the receiving end! Plus, there is plenty of length, girth and weight for the "loaded fist" principle.
But the main focus is what you can wrap around this Wroidy beast. I envisioned a handy organizer spool for your favorite device USB charge cables. You could also wrap a foot of emergency tape around the middle and then wrap whatever else you wanted around the rest. I can easily fit 6-8 feet of paracord without breaking a sweat, and if you play around with different wrapping techniques you could even go as high as 14 feet or more. This nifty ToolSpool doesn't have to live on your keys, you can keep it in a pack or purse with spare tools on the ring as well and the large ends make it easy to clip to a pack or belt loop with a carabiner. There are so many possibilities here, only limited by your imagination.
WrapStar Key Fobs will run $65 plus shipping and the purchase link is below. As always, thanks for checking in and I wish you warmer and brighter days ahead.
Sold out for now, but I will be making more soon, thank you!
***********A portion of today's sale goes to the Red Cross for the devastating CA fires!**********
Happy New Year Everyone!
I hope you all had a great holiday. It's a frigid Monday out there this morning and we are in the grip of some more cold gray days this week. At least it looks as if we will be spared the heavy snows they are predicting elsewhere though.
I've been sorting through some of my ongoing projects and am trying to bring things to the finish line. I'm being held up by Staples printing up the product cards, but I hope to have some of the WrapStar key fob tools ready later this week. I also have some more small batches of odds and ends coming up this month.
Today I have the other half of the Zirconium Mini Hexy Satellite beads for you. These have been well tumbled and then electrically anodized. The coloring is subtle and difficult to accurately capture in photos but it adds a nice touch to these little guys.
Anodized Mini Satellite beads will run $35 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for coming by today, and I hope your New Year is already heading in a great direction.
All gone, thank you so much!
