Did I mention the Vikings or Celts or Swords or Daggers?

We had the best time working on a beautiful groomsmen gifts. 

 

This collection of letter openers provides a hugely practical gift and completely unique and most of all, personalized to from 15 groomsmen to 50 guests we can help your wedding day memorable.

 

 

As red is a traditional color for weddings in India, we were thrilled to get matching pieces of padouk for this project. 

 

 

 

This font "Cezanne" was brought in by our bride to match her wedding invitations.  If you prefer a classic script or Runes, we can use it on your groomsmen gifts.

 

Here is the actual blank we saw in http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5277249808446304421#editor/target=post;postID=2348605354702953844

Turned and Finished in Letter Opener form. 

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The Lathe and the Mandrels

This is the lathe.  After the piece of wood has been placed on the mandrel (metal stick between two points) is spins really fast.  During the spinning, one shapes the wood with various lethal looking tools.

Some are for making curves or spindels others are for gently shaping.  Kinda cool looking and extremely sharp edges.

 These are several mandrels after they have come off the lathe.  They have some shellac applied to seal the wood.  This is the stage before finish and assembly into their letter openers or pen hardware.