More Zirconium Minis

Howdy All! It's a warm day here with a great deal of haze. The wild fires in Canada are sending a lot of smoke down our way and even though I can't smell it, the sun is giving off a weird orange light this morning because of all the particulates in the air.  

I've been busy grinding some new steel tools this week and will have some nifty light weight summer items soon. I took a little break from grinding pins, but will have some more KingPins coming up soon too.

Today I have another batch of Zirconium Mini 5 Flutes for you. The torch hardened, blackened and burnished finish really makes these shine and the durability will be extremely good. Just the thing for bags, tools and knives. This is a pretty big group so I will no doubt have plenty of these for the foreseeable future.

Zr Mini 5 Flutes will run $35 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for popping in, as always, and hope your summer is going great.

    

 

 

Acid Washed Timascus

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

It's dark and dripping out there this morning after our half inch of rain last night. Temps are so much cooler too, will be around 70f today at best. This is the heart of the muggy warm summer for us and I'm hoping we see a couple of small thunderstorms every week so that I don't have to water my garden every day. The gardens are flourishing right now and the first squash and green beans are coming in. Should have some ripe cherry tomatoes in another week or two. 

Well today I have something interesting for you. I was fooling around with various finishes and came up with this really cool new one for Timascus. I'm calling it an acid washed finish, and for you folks who are Timascus Curious but not big fans of bright colors, this one is for you. These result from a multi stage process which combines heat, acid etching, electrical anodizing and a final burnish step to achieve these warm gray tones with understated and subtle coloration. The process is a bit involved, but make for some really fun and unique effects.

Acid Washed Timascus Beads will run $48 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks as always for coming by today, and I hope you all are having a fine summer so far.

Sold out, thank you so much!

 

 

Anodized Titanium KingPins

Happy Monday Folks! It's a dark and gloomy one here today with a chance of rain this afternoon which we could really use. Hope to see at least a half inch of rain if not a little more overnight.

Well, I managed to finish a couple dozen more of the Titanium KingPins for you, and this time they are anodized a wide variety of colors, as well as with a wide variety of stamps. I do still have a couple of plain stamped ones without anodizing as well if color is not your thing, just let me know...there will be a bunch more of these coming as the summer goes on and I get more pins ground, but this is what I have for today.

Anodized Titanium KingPins will run $85 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for coming by today and I hope you stay cool this week!

All gone for today, thank you!  

 

Happy 4th of July!

Howdy Folks, and Happy 4th of July Weekend!

It's sweltering here again today with oppressive humidity, and temps will be in the high 90's for the third day in a row. It's been a good time to hunker down and get some work done in the cool basement shop...

Today I have some early fireworks for you! Oh man, these are so stunning that I can't believe it, and all you color lovers are in for a treat. After years of thinking about it I finally managed to get some Timascus Mini 5 Flutes made, and the colors are absolutely wild. I never thought I would see the day that I would get my hands on some of this material for beads, but they sure are pretty. And the photo below is very close to the actual colors, so they are quite vivid indeed. 

Timascus Mini 5 Flutes will run $48 plus shipping and the link is below. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend ahead, and thank you as always for swinging by today. 

All gone for today, thank you again folks! I will have more of these soon, along with ti Kingpins. Have a great weekend! 

 

 

 

 

Titanium KingPins!

Happy Monday Folks,

It's gearing up to be a hot one here today. We'll get up into the high 80's, then it gets warmer as the week goes on, and it looks like we might hit 100f on Thursday. So it just might be the hottest week of the year heading our way.

Today I have a couple dozen Titanium KingPins for you. These are all plain burnished finish, without anodizing. They do feature a wide variety of stamps on the heads however, because I stamped all of these KingPin batches years ago when I originally made them. Some had Atwood stamps, and some were the decorative stamps. The only ones that I did not stamp years ago are the copper ones which I am currently stamping, and I still have dozens of those left to finish up this summer. As for the titanium ones, these are all with plain finish today but I have at least 100 of them remaining to finish and make the pins for, so a lot of the titanium ones coming up will have either solid or contrast anodized colors. 

Plain Titanium KingPins will run $85 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are staying cool this week.

Plain ones are gone for today, thank you so much! I will have anodized and some misc ones done soon.

 

 

Copper KingPins!

Hi Everyone,

Well it's another lovely day here in the Northeast. We should be having temps around 80f today and it's mostly blue skies out there for now. 

I've been working busily in the shop on a couple of older projects that were never finished. Today I have a very cool one for you...KingPins return! I have a lot of these that were never finished, mostly because grinding the hardened pins is such a tedious process as it is all done by hand. But, I just bought some new equipment that makes the grinding a bit easier for me, and I am able to crank through the pins much more quickly. It's still a tedious process mind you, but not nearly as bad as before. 

I have a few dozen Tellurium Copper Kingpins for you today, but there are still some zirconium heads left over from the original batch, and a huge batch of titanium heads as well. So there will be several more waves of these coming over the rest of the year. These are all stamped and feature a wide variety of images. 

Copper KingPins will run $75 plus shipping and the link is below. Thank you for popping in today, and I hope your weekend ahead is a relaxing one.

Sold out for today! Thank you so much, and I will have more coming in copper, titanium and zirconium as the weeks go on. 

 

Anodized Mini 5 Flutes

Howdy Folks and Happy Summer! 

Hard to believe that the days are flying by this fast. We're due for at least an inch of rain today, so that will be much welcomed.

I have another batch of titanium Mini 5 Flute beads for you today. These are anodized in a wide range of colors and I will just send them out randomly. I still have plenty of plain ones without anodizing if anyone wishes to request them as well.

Anodized Mini 5 Flute Beads will run $35 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for coming by today and I hope your summer plans are going great so far.

All gone for today, thank you so much as always! I will have more beads later this summer and fall, and also copper KingPins coming soon.