The Minoan Prince

Next you’ll be wanting a custom leather scabbard made for it. Etsy, perhaps?

The work has began. Here are some comments and photos from the artist:

“So, let’s start. What do we have here? Just three body details and a clip. Veeery tight clip). I was thinking about cutting carbon fiber off and make a copper tube on a central part. But… It will be a tube with a 0,6mm wall, and it is too thin for future work. So I deside to make a full new central part, just because it is not a bad idea and because I can.”

“Let’s take some bronze and mill it.”

“Ready))”

“Also, I make a detail for casting (green wax)”

“Next photos will be about wax carving and casting”

Today I received a new message from the artist working on the Minoan Prince! We have the first metal parts!

Here are the comments and photos I received:

“Suddenly, I’m not always have a time or chance to make pictures of process, but now I have some photos to show you. You ’ve seen the beginning of wax works on previous pictures, and here some more. Working on Minoan head.”

“And now - white bronze casted parts”

Impressive wax casting :+1:

“white bronze” aka German Silver, aka Alpaca

It has been some time, through harsh conditions and bad climate, but our artist contacted me today with an update!

Here are the comments and photos I received:

“It is quite difficult to photograph during soldering, especially if you work alone and do not want to spoil anything. Therefore, there will be no soldering process, but immediately after, yes.”

“So, after fire and acid magic, I understood that we have a problem. And it’s called Clip. It is too tight and too cheap. I decided, that it’s not necessary to keep it, and add a lanyard ring to the top. But what just a lanyard is not enough. Let’s make a bead)). Spend some time to make a stamp based on ancient coin image. Shiny))) But it is just a tool. Now let’s take some wax and stamp it.”

“The main idea was make an old archaeological view.”

“And again casting”

“Ready one:”

“And so, this is what we end up with:”

“I did not show and photograph the process of laser engraving of ornaments, as it is boring and harmful for the camera.”

“So, there is little work left on the details, sanding, polishing and patina.”

Wow :+1:

Wow indeed! That is awesome and amazing work to produce a beauty.

pol77… that is amazing!!

Thank you for the update. :white_check_mark:

Very tasteful :+1:

Wow, that came out nice!

Noice!

Looks like the Bugatti of flashlights.

That is a beast of a flashlight. I’m trying hard to not be envious, but it ain’t easy.

Did the Minoan civilization have princes? Didn’t they come much later in history?

I don’t think that I’d want that light, but good on him.

Chris

Nice art. But does it have a place in the flashlight world? Probably will cost a fortune.

Unexpectedly soon, I received a new update! The finished product! This time, with no comments. The photos speak for themselves.

Looks pretty cool!

beautiful work,
comes with a map, and a light!
to get out of the Labirynth :crown:

Wow, awesome work :person_with_crown: