Poured pewter

[ovenpaa]

Has anyone tried any poured pewter work on knife handles, rifle stocks or anything else? I have read a couple of articles on it recently and some of the work looks very good. This is an unfinished example


Finished work

[Robin128]

Gorgeous work!... an old skill?

:)

[ovenpaa]

Gorgeous work!... an old skill?

It is a skill that is still practised to this day and something I would like to try, I just need to source some pewter and a quick look on the webynet shows up a lot of old pewter items for sale however they are all old and invariably nice. I will see of I can find some and a suitable candidate for working on. Maybe a knife to start off with.

[Robin128]

Make your own...appears to be a simple alloy..."Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85–99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and lead."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter

I used to get my tin from a local scrap dealer.

:)

[Scotsgun]

I wouldn't bother, mate. The result marks so easily and gets really grotty. We pewter cast with the kids in order to show them simple casting techniques. We make little female badge moulds in which they ladle their pours.

You'll get pewter ingots from any decent art or decorative casting suppliers. Don't be tempted to use old stuff as the quality control varies so much that you will never get a consistent pour.