QUOTE(gmcbroom @ Oct 9 2006, 11:56 AM)
I am very impressed. That is fantastic workmanship. I just have to ask. How did you learn to do it? Is there a school that teaches that style of metalwork? I apologize if I appear rude, but I've been wanting to learn how to do metalwork for years and would lkike to know where to go in order to learn that craft? Besides its cool.
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It runs in my fammily,I've been making my own knives since I
was 10,and my occoultic tools for 4 years now.Copper is a very
easy medium to work with,you mainly only require:
Tin snips.
A hammer.
A rubber mallet.
A leather covered workboard for engraveing.
A felt pen and alchol to remove the marks later.
And various dulled punches.
For steel work,I use 2 diffrent bench grinders,3 diffrent hand grinders,
A heliarc welder,and a sander.
If you're broke,you can narrow it down to a hacksaw,a vise,and a file.
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Here's something that might help,I posted it on OF some years ago.
Ok......majick on a budget is always good,I left Crowleyan practice some time ago but proper tools are a must until one grows past them,and even an experienced majickster will eventually fall back on them.here we go:
The chain of 333 links:
Many jewlers sell gold chain by the inch,figure the size of the chain x links per inch,and presto.but I've never had any use for the chain personally.it's just another focus icon,a chromed choke collar for a dog would probably work just as well,lol but if you simply must,I won't try to talk you out of it,diffrent tools work diffrent ways for diffrent majicksters.it's all in the focus.
Wand[s]:
Now here is an interesting can of worms.I never used crowley's wand at all,lapis being insanely expensive,I do however have experience with Appilachian hill majick wands.so without further adoo:
General purpose/air wand:
Oak shaft with a clear quartz crystal inbedded in the tip,glued in with pine rosin,wrapped with cotton twine to set it,then dipped in oak ashes and allowed to cure from full moon to full moon.
defensive wand/[fire?]:
Dogwood shaft[Jesus'cross was supposedly dogwood.]silver coin imbedded in the tip,set with silk string.best made at noon.
Offensive wand earth:
Willow set with black obsidian or an indian arrow head,set with rawhide.best made standing in water.let the wet rawhide cure one week.
These are mostly useful in earth majick.
The dagger:
I forged mine from a worn out file,but unless you have access to grinders and decent hand tools,I'd just buy one and heavily personalize it.but if you do have access to such tools,I'll tell you in detail how to make one.(IMG:
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The sword.I cheated here,I bought a cheap Pakistan sword with a wood handle,unscrewed the hilt,sealed it with melted bees wax,poured in 3 or 4 cheap thermometers of quicksilver,sealed that off with more bees wax and screwed the hilt back on.
Thrift stores :
The local Xtian one outfitted my entire altar for under 5$!
2 brass candleholders 1.50
brass salt bowl .50
huge candles .25 each
altar cloth[silk] .10
big brass unidentified chineese looking thing I burn inscence in 2.00
Brass chalice 1.50
inscense from wall mart 1.00 a variety pack.
This post has been edited by GeNoCyDe: Oct 9 2006, 12:42 PM
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