The wolf pins were leftovers from a gift to my fiance on our first meeting.
we had been talking for around 10 years prior, but never met in person.

I thought it worth the effort to impress. She was actually the inspiration for my recently acquired skill with white metal, and this project was my first attempt at the craft.
It took me around 3 months to develop the methods and process to make this happen, and I'm still improving on them today.

With the assistance of my laser cutter, and some trickery to make it do things it was never designed to do, I managed to turn out some acceptable quality goods.

One of the originals
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In place on the gift box.
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Front of the box
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The box it'self
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The medallion - my first successful casting
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The box from a distance
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I also have a favorite - limited edition "buckles of America" wolf buckle that I use everyday, but with the possibility of loosing it to airport customs, I decided to make one I could replace for the trip.

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I might point out that this buckle is about 25mm thick and weighs over a kilogram.
but then again, I'm not comfortable with a light buckle.
Still amazed at the fact customs didn't take this off me. I went through so many security checks...
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and a couple of test pieces I made at the time, included for interest.

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