{"id":4327,"date":"2016-04-15T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2016-04-15T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T22:00:49","slug":"world-war-ii-style-damascus-steel-grenade-lanyard-bead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4327","title":{"rendered":"World War II-style Damascus Steel Grenade Lanyard Bead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_2\"<\/a>
\nStarting another damascus steel and copper lanyard bead. Here I’m lathe turning the grenade body out of Geoff\u00a0Keyes<\/a> Damascus steel. \u00a0I’ve spent some time step drilling the 1\/4 inch diameter hole through the center. \u00a0Damascus steel, since it’s made of many, many stacks of different kinds of steel isn’t the nicest stuff to drill…<\/p>\n

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\nWhile I’m at it, I carefully turn away everything that doesn’t look like a grenade…<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_4\"<\/a>
\nHere I’m cutting the grenade body from the rest of the damascus steel. \u00a0I’ve planned ahead, and the waste material from this bead will become another one in the future. \u00a0Damascus steel is expensive, so I work hard to use as little as possible.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’ve cut the grenade handle and top from a thick bar of copper, and have spent a LOT of time cutting the male threads on the grenade body. \u00a0I’ll use the tap in the picture to cut the female threads through the copper grenade top.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here are the two parts screwed together. \u00a0It’s very surprising how much time and effort it took to cut the two sets of threads – I don’t think I’ll try this again – far too much time and effort for what I’ll be able to sell it for…even though being able to disassemble it and play with is really cool!<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_7\"<\/a>
\nThe two parts disassembled.<\/p>\n

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\nNow I’ve got to cut the vertical grooves on the grenade body…the horizontal grooves were easy , since I turned them in place on the lathe. \u00a0I start by cutting (very deeply!) vertical grooves with a wide V graver. \u00a0There are six of these grooves, equally spaced around the circumference.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_10\"<\/a>
\nNow to enlarge those vertical grooves. \u00a0I’m using a large carbide bur in my NSK micrometer grinder. \u00a0Notice I’ve also added my signature to the neck of the grenade body.<\/p>\n

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, the finished vertical and horizontal grooves.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_12\"<\/a>
\nNow to etch the damascus steel grenade body with ferric chloride to reveal the damascus goodness within. \u00a0I’ve used a masking agent to cover the threads and my signature reserve so they won’t be harmed by the etching.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_14\"<\/a>
\nHere’s the grenade body completely etched and cleaned up, revealing the damascus folds.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_17\"<\/a>
\nNow on to the copper grenade top. \u00a0I desperately need to thin the copper handle area, so I’ve stuck it down with some pitch so I can use a coarse file for the thinning.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_18\"<\/a>
\nHere I’ve trimmed the excess from the sides of the arming handle.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_19\"<\/a>
\nOf course, no grenade is complete without the pin and ring pull. \u00a0Here I’ve created them from sterling silver.<\/p>\n

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\nNow I’ve got to engrave the details in the grenade top. \u00a0You can see the tiny grenade bead’s big brother (and my nude model…) in the image below.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_22\"<\/a>
\nSo here’s the completed bead, shown with it’s big brother.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_23\"<\/a>
\nAnd another view…<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_24\"<\/a>
\nAll of the various pieces. \u00a0The copper thing on the right is what I call a “dangler.” \u00a0That passes through the central hole of the bead, so it can be strung on a leather cord as a pendant instead of a lanyard bead.<\/p>\n

\"WWII_US_Grenade_Bead_26\"<\/a>
\nAnd here, partially assembled. \u00a0I’ve installed the pin and ring pull so they will spin and rotate but not be removable. \u00a0The pin and ring would be $50 USD to replace if they get lost…<\/p>\n

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\nMore glamor shots…<\/p>\n

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\nHere with the dangle installed, and leather cord for use as a pendant.<\/p>\n

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Starting another damascus steel and copper lanyard bead. Here I’m lathe turning the grenade body out of Geoff\u00a0Keyes Damascus steel. \u00a0I’ve spent some time step drilling the 1\/4 inch diameter hole through the center. \u00a0Damascus steel, since it’s made of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,28,31,46],"tags":[9,3,7,17,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-17N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4301,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4301","url_meta":{"origin":4327,"position":0},"title":"Skull and Bones Damascus Steel Lanyard Bead","date":"March 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting the second lanyard bead out of \u00a0damascus steel by Geoff Keyes (http:\/\/5elementsforge.com). \u00a0Above ohne-rezeptkaufen.com ,\u00a0I've engraved the outlines really deeply, so I can carve the skull in 3D, but below the surface in Japanese shishiaibori style. \u00a0I began with a wide graver (Lindsay Universal, 116 degree), followed by a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Geoff_Keyes_Skull_Bones_Lanyard_Bead.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4102,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4102","url_meta":{"origin":4327,"position":1},"title":"Centipede Tactical Lanyard Bead (and Others…)","date":"October 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent the last two days making titanium blanks for a pair of earrings and a couple tactical beads. 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