I have completed 2 Pocket Cases for Sale.







These are hand hammered from German (Nickel) Silver. This is an alloy of Nickel, Zinc, and Copper. It is much harder then Brass. It was the fancy/expensive trim metal before Chrome came into usage.

These cases are made from flat sheet stock. I made the tooling to "raise" the domes and make the handmade hinges (intergal with the dome) and the snap catch (integral).

This case is about the size of a large pocket watch.

Cost: $350 for one single payment ... or you can split the cost 30-40 days apart, for $375.

I hope you like it.








German Silver Hunting Case. Scene is made from struck dies, carved from hardened tool steel. The details between the stamps are hand carved. This is called "Victorian Stamp Art". I've made all the tools, over the past 40+ years.

This case has a hammer textured back as well. It's $400 for one payment, or $425 for split payments 30-40 days apart.


This is actual "handmade" art. Maybe some day I'll have a catalog of all the features and costs. I doubt it. For now - this is how they exist: as available.

I hope you like it. They are a Great Worry Fiddle Device!

Thanks for looking,
Gary



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/2015 04:41PM by barnespneumatic.

Nice work Gary, hope we continue to see offers like these between other ledger work. It's a good opportunity for someone to pickup some fine items.

Thanks Sal,

I appreciate it.

It's nearly impossible to photograph reflective objects, without taking about $500 worth of time setting up lighting and filters, per every pr. of earrings.

What looks like a neat effect of oxide vs. mirror reflections (when hand held) looks basically like crap in a quick picture.

Add in the reflective qualities of a hammered dimpled surface with a thousand concave mirrors, and you just have to have a bit of faith.

Perhaps I should send each one out to a Professional Studio? Or ..... I could send one out .... and then spend the rest of my life making identical sterile copies of the commercial image? Yeah ...... No.

Thanks Sal!
Gary

I agree Gary, it's like you need the light to come from everywhere and nowhere all at once!? Say what?
I imagine one day you will have a spot setup with some lighting in one of your shops to make things a bit easier, put that on the to do list for 2025 will you?

This is the back of the first one. I posted two of the front. They look about the same here on my Ring Phone Screen .... Haha

Gary

That hammered finish and the pocket cases go together like peas and carrots. And while it is tricky to get the perfect lighting setup for an item like this, I think the first and the third photo do a very good job of representing what they look like in the hand. And no, I haven't tried to see how many Mentos fit in one yet.

Got the Mentos question answered. Haha.

Just a matter of if I make the domes more shallow or deeper. But; this is the possible capacity, if desired.



Gary

Gary, thanks for taking the time to answer the mentos question.

I can confirm that the pocket cases are hugely popular gifts!

And just the perfect size to keep a small handful of them safe from disastrous diet-coke exposure.

There's an angle!!! By Jove!!!

"Mentos Rescue Program!" We here at MRP (sort of belches off the tongue - doesn't it?) ... We here at MRP, are dedicated to saving just .... ah ..... scroll up ..... 5 .... FIVE! Mentos at a time, from the likes of uTubers everywhere, who have clearly forgotten ... our theme ... "Mentos Are People Too!"

We have commissioned some old Fart in the Vines of Florida, to make these "MSD" (Mentos Security Devices) .... (what do you expect - I've had two minutes to think about it) ..... These MSD to safely cradle .... cradle?? ....heck yeah .... CRADLE these delicate, and did I say "Innocent"? .... I did? ..... no ...... I didn't. Well, I did now. Cradle these delicate innocent BEINGS from the ravages of mankind. Spit.

If we can save just five Mentos ... (well, five at a time) .... then we can ..... ah .....

Sean????? back to you ......

Wait a minute . Then what do I do with this toy ? I can keep the mints safe till ready for use .Or change the name to Barnes mentos powered air gun ! Complete with expedition cases !

Thanks
Kurt

PLASTIC!!!!!

Not even WOOD!

Forget that! Where is the stainless version?!

You could market them as Mentos Emergency Reserve Pocket Preservation Safes.

Hmmm...that'd leave us with MERPPS as the acronym...gonna have to work on something catchier.