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Ball Peen
Ball Peen

Ball Peen: 1-3/4 in length, sterling silver head, reclaimed maple handle

 All wood handles are individually hand shaped and installed with a silver wedge in the head.

Carpenters Hammer
Carpenters Hammer

Carpenter Hammer: 1-3/4"in length, sterling silver head & wedge, reclaimed maple handle

All wood handles are individually hand shaped and installed with a silver wedge in the head.

Wrench
Wrench
Wrench
Wrench
Shovel
Shovel
Hand Saw (brown)
Hand Saw (brown)

This sterling silver handsaw is assembled with reclaimed maple and brass rivets.

 

Dimensions:  1-3/4"L, 3/4"H

 

Handsaw Back
Handsaw Back

All woodsaws are constructed with dual tac pins and stamped "Sterling" and with personal benchmark. The reclaimed maple handles are assembled with brass rivets.

All standard hadsaws come with custom branch pattern branded on the front and back of each handle.

Hansaw on Hat (brown)
Hansaw on Hat (brown)

These saw pins make great hat pins as well as lapel or tie pins

Handsaw (blonde)
Handsaw (blonde)

The light color is mor common of newer saws.

Dimensions: 1-3/4"L, 3/4"H

Handsaw Back (blonde)
Handsaw Back (blonde)

All woodsaws are constructed with dual tac pins and stamped "Sterling" and with personal benchmark. The reclaimed maple handles are assembled with brass rivets.

All standard hadsaws come with custom branch pattern branded on the front and back of each handle.



Handsaw on Hat
Handsaw on Hat

These saw pins make great hat pins as well as lapel or tie pins

on hat1.jpg
on hat1.jpg
Back Saw Bull Nose
Back Saw Bull Nose

All backsaws are construced dual tac pins on strerling silver(brass spine). The handles are reclaimed maple and assembled with brass rivets. The back of each saw is stamped "sterling" and with personal bench mark.

These saw pins make great hat pins as well as lapel or tie pins

Dimensions: 2'L, 1/2"H

Backsaw on Hat
Backsaw on Hat

Dimensions: 2'L, 1/2"H

Backsaw Blunt Nose
Backsaw Blunt Nose

All backsaws are construced dual tac pins on strerling silver9brass spine). The handles are reclaimed maple and assembled with brass rivets. The back of each saw is stamped "sterling" and with personal bench mark.

These saw pins make great hat pins as well as lapel or tie pins

Dimensions: 2'L, 1/2"H



Backsaw on Hat
Backsaw on Hat

Dimensions: 2'L, 1/2"H

Stairsaw
Stairsaw

Relative to the backsaw, this stairsaw is not as well known.

It too is constructed with steling silver, brass spine, brass thumb screws and assembled withbrass rivets on a reclaimed maple handle(cherry stain).

Dimensions: 2'L, 5/8"H

Two Man Cross Cut Saw
Two Man Cross Cut Saw

Silver, Brass, Wood
Private Collection

Fireman's Axe
Fireman's Axe
Lumber Jack Axe
Lumber Jack Axe

Axe: 2-1/2"L, sterling silver head & wedge, maple handle

Log: 1-1/2"D, 1"H, unknown reclaimed wood.

This axe looks as if it were chopped in to the log while being displayed as well as being chopped into the garment while being worn.

All wood handles are individually hand shaped and installed with a silver wedge in the head.

Lumber Axe
Lumber Axe

This axe is constructed with a sterling silver head, reclaimed maple handle and assembled with maple and silver wedges. While not in use, the axe pin sits as though it were struck into its miniature stump.

Axe: 2-1/2"L

Log: 1-1/2"D, 1"H, unknown reclaimed wood.

Lumber Axe Detail
Lumber Axe Detail

The handle is hand shaped from reclaimed maple and installed with both a maple and silver wedge in the head of the axe.

The log is cut from an unknown reclaimed wood branch.

Lumber Axe Detail 2
Lumber Axe Detail 2

The handle is hand shaped from reclaimed maple and installed with both a maple and silver wedge in the head of the axe.

The log is cut from an unknown reclaimed wood branch.

Lumber Axe Bottom
Lumber Axe Bottom

The pin clutch is stored inside the log while not on the pin.

Lumber Axe on Hat
Lumber Axe on Hat

The axe looks as though it were chopped into the hat while being worn.

Lumber Axe on Hat
Lumber Axe on Hat

The axe looks as though it were chopped into the hat while being worn.

Metalsmith Hammers
Metalsmith Hammers

Chasing Hammer: 1-3/4" in length, sterling silver head & wedge, reclaimed maple handle with a cherry stain. 

Planishing Hammer: 1-3/4" in length, sterling silver head & wedge, maple handle with a cherry stain.

Deep Deep Frame
Deep Deep Frame

Both frames are equipped with an actual 8/0 blade, making them functional. 

Jewelers Saw Frames
Jewelers Saw Frames

Saw Frames: Small=1-3/4"H, 3/4"W, Large=1-3/4"H, 2-1/2"W, sterling silver, maple handle, cherry stain

Donation Set
Donation Set

This set was constructed especially for a pin auction benefiting the Yuma Arts Symposium

Fly Guy
Fly Guy

The fly pin was originally created for an annual arts symposium in Yuma AZ. Equipped with jewelers saw and safety glasses, this fly is ready for the "Saw, File, Solder Sprints"

Fly Army
Fly Army

About a hundred of these have been released in Yuma at the annual art symposium pin swap.

Ice Cream Scooper
Ice Cream Scooper

Constructed from sterling silver, this lapel pin was a custom order. A friend of mine was looking for the perfect gift for an ice cream fanatic friend of thiers, so I made this completely funtional, actuating thumb lever, miniature scooper lapel pin.

Ice Cream Scooper
Ice Cream Scooper

The thumb lever actuates a gear driven scoop releaser.

Materials: sterling silver, brass, steel, maple

Dimensions: 1-3/8"L, 3/8"W (bowl diameter, 3/8")



Ice Cream Scooper
Ice Cream Scooper

Barely large enough to hold on to, this miniture scooper is one of my favorite pins that I have ever made. I hope to put this one in to production.

Ball Peen Carpenters Hammer Wrench Wrench Shovel Hand Saw (brown) Handsaw Back Hansaw on Hat (brown) Handsaw (blonde) Handsaw Back (blonde) Handsaw on Hat on hat1.jpg Back Saw Bull Nose Backsaw on Hat Backsaw Blunt Nose Backsaw on Hat Stairsaw Two Man Cross Cut Saw Fireman's Axe Lumber Jack Axe Lumber Axe Lumber Axe Detail Lumber Axe Detail 2 Lumber Axe Bottom Lumber Axe on Hat Lumber Axe on Hat Metalsmith Hammers Deep Deep Frame Jewelers Saw Frames Donation Set Fly Guy Fly Army Ice Cream Scooper Ice Cream Scooper Ice Cream Scooper