A Blanket Pin Striker
Hi All,Here's something I've been thinking about for a while and finally got around to making: A flint and steel striker with a safety pin-style back, allowing it to function as a brooch, blanket pin,...
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Thanks! It holds my wool-blanket match coat getup together quite nicely. I'm kind of a wuss about the cold , so I get pretty serious about warm clothing this time of year.
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That's pretty snazzy. I'm wondering if you may have an easier time of it if you forge welded smaller stock to the "butt" of the striker/brooch. That way you've still got strong spring type material in...
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Thanks...good idea, I bet I could do the pin part in some HC wire (music wire), and flatten the end, make a little flange on the striker part and clamp/weld it in there. Actually the drawing out of...
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