Here is both a painted ant polished pewter livery badge for MacMillan of MacMillan and Knap. I made the master and poured these this weekend. I painted the one tonight.
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Harold,
You continue to amaze me. Very nice!
David
Very nice, Harold! If you don’t mind me asking, what process did you use to make the molds?
-Phil
You have to carve the master. Then I use an RTV mold material. after that it is just a matter of pouring the pewter.
Impressive! What sort of fastenening device, if any, is on the reverse?
What is the size?
I suppose you can make a baker’s dozen and surround your fireplace with them!
—Guy
The pin backings are 4 butterfly clasps. The pins are right at 2 inches tall.
These are fantastic!
Harold, It does for sure look the part, the pin has came out very well indeed. I can see orders from MacMillan’s flooding in, this could be a new business venture for you :p
Harold,
How big are they? This would be an excellent alternative—actually preferable in my view—to the use of the crest-in-strap badge for things like bonnets etc.
Each pin is 2 inches tall and about 2 inches wide. They are about the same weight as a pewter buckle and strap crest badge.
These are wonderful Harold! Now I’m wondering if I could do something similar for my badge. A bear’s head with three acorns slipped and leaved (or just acorns) on the fess.
Joseph McMillan;99085 wrote:
Harold,
How big are they? This would be an excellent alternative—actually preferable in my view—to the use of the crest-in-strap badge for things like bonnets etc.
With the proper clasp pin it would make a nice kilt pin.
—Guy
This is my crest made on a similar vein to Harolds cast in silver by Roddy Young in Inverness, could be used like a broach, kilt pin or even a cap badge.
Very cool. I also like the silver crest.
