I have been tinlkering of late with constructing pewter drinking wares, as I have been wanting to experiment in that area for a long time and just never got around to it.

My housemate has been attempting to convince me to mould a cup in a single piece, however I have been tinkering with constructing one from sheet. This meant making sheet pewter, as it’s rather dificult to get pewter in sheet form. Those of you who read my site regularly will remember the post earlier in the week where I discussed wooden moulds, and making a mould from two pieces of flat pine.

The pewter I cast from that mould has since been beaten into a truncated cone, and had the seam welded to form a nice cup shape without a bottom. If all goes well during the coming working week, I shall fit a bottom to this and then clean and polish the raw cup before attempting some decorating on it.

Still can’t forget those Radburne War tokens as well…