Celtic Flute Bling

More Bling for my Flute Friends.
This time it's Celtic.
(Of course, the pictures are "Before and After" the magic begins)

A great new idea

I came up with the idea of a "Prayer Box" while doodling on the metal lathe.
These are nice and will make for a cherished heirloom that will get passed down from generation to generation.
I designed these to be either left plain, initialed or highly decorated with engraving. I suppose someone could set precious or semi-precious stones in them too.
They look great just as they are, but you can see the one I'm engraving for my wife is going to be sensational.

Time to launch...and it's free (for now)

Hi friends! I've been chipping away at the idea of an on-line magazine for a while and decided that it's time to launch it.
FWIT...this is not a forum. There's no way I'm even going to try to horn in on this territory. You guys already got that figured out. This is different.
I have some HUGE sponsors that promise to promote this on a global level and I am encouraging anyone that is interested to drop me a line and see if you have a good story to tell.
Who knows? This may be the place where the world finds you.
Being the only contributing writer, you'll find the content is rather thin at the moment, but you gotta start somewhere,right? (and frankly, my wife is SOoooo tired about hearing me go on and on about this project, I either have to give it a shot or shut it up.)
There's a good chance that this just isn't a worthy endeavour, and it may wither on the vine. Time will tell.
I have several articles in the works as we speak.
Here's a little teaser that will soon be posted on "The Engravers Notebook"..."Knowing you are losing on this job will not inspire you to do your best work on it. In fact, you are more likely to give the other side the “Bum’s Rush” just to get it out.
The flip side to this argument is not knowing if you are making money…an even worse situation.
There’s almost nothing less inspiring than finding out you lost your shirt after the job was done. You realize that you just gave away hard earned money. That customer became your favorite charity for the length of time you spent on his gun, knife, ring, whatever."

I'll see ya' down the road on this one.
"The Engravers Notebook"

The portable work station

Threw this together to add some interest to the Ohio Gun Collector's gun show

There I go again

Must be doing something right when the work gets featured on another web site.
Outwardly, I'm blushing (not really), but inwardly, I'm doing a "High-Five".

Thanks GRS!
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Not just "All work and no play"

That is 6 Gallons of Sweet Red Concord wine in the works.
When this is ready, I'll be ready---and I share.

Inspiration for Simone

Für meinen guten freund Simone, die Graveurmeister.
Alles was ich brauche ist gute Flöte und wenig Zeit


For my good friend Simone, the master engraver.
All I need is a good flute and little time.