Well guys, the genie is out of the lamp!!

  I suppose its no surprise to anyone I have delved into cast pewter 
parts and decoration, done directly in and onto wood as people once did, 
but largely disappeared now.
   But there was one important aspect I hadn't figured out yet.

Pewter bolsters and end caps.

  I was complaining about this one day, when up pops our own Andy Baughn.
    "Hey wait. When I was a kid my dad gave me a book on woodcraft and 
camping that covered that. Let me see if I can find it."
  And find it he did!!
  A few hours later he sent me a page scan of the old book.
  Couple of pictures and a few words threw the light on bright!!

  Today was my first test project.
  I didn't bother to take pictures as I went along. I didn't expect to 
be showing anyone the test subject. And truth to tell, if you had this 
in your hand there are a couple of un-saveable defects. But by and 
large, and for proof of concept, This totally rocks!!

  I took a favorite kitchen knife, one of a pair.  (A weirdo pair 
looking like Donna Reed's 1962 kitchen, nobody would think sexy.)
   Yet they have blades of truly great steel.
   I don't know if this company made great blades all the time or the 
two I got in a box of kitchen junk at a yard sale were lucky specimens. 
But whatever, they are exceptional steel blades to my way of thinking.

  But the wood handles were very plain. Nice enough to grip, but no 
forged bolster or even an end cap at the blade end for sanitary purposes.

  Perfect test specimen!!

  I will do the whole photo tutorial later and hopefully with more 
detailed and decorative accents.
  But for now, its tight and its filling and not that bad for the first 
shot across the bow.

  Cast pewter bolster
 
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