These were forged before tonight's winter storm. Productive night. … [Read more...]
I almost threw this bottle opener away…
As far as I'm concerned, half of getting good at anything is learning how to make mistakes look like features. So, the round hole in the cap-lifting tab on this bottle opener was last night's mistake (at the time a crack/ fissure). A little work with a Dremel tonight and I'm unusually pleased with it now. Yes, my maker's mark is on upside down. I could also fix that, but I've decided to quit … [Read more...]
Wrought Iron Cthulhu Tentacle Bottle Opener
Here's a special variation of my tentacle bottle opener made from a special material. This particular opener is made from wrought iron sourced from Providence, RI. It came from a derelict building that was built sometime in the late 1920s (possibly very early 1930s). So, this iron would have been contemporary to the period in which H.P. Lovecraft wrote his more famous and tentacular Cthulhu … [Read more...]