So for a while now blank casting has been something I've been looking at. Grabbed a kit from CSUSA a while back and didn't do anything with it. EBay had a Pearl-Ex 32ct sample pack for about $20 that came home with me. Last night, with the help of some IAP guys, Les Elm and Mack Cameron, I made my own blank! It's a take-off of a Alchemy style, but I didn’t want to copy it directly. Some other colors were added to the bronze so I didn’t feel like a bozo. Mesa kit from Woodturningz, polished to 1200 and renwax'd. Plenty of flaws...air bubbles and the copper was reacting really fast and it could have been mixed earlier. Live and learn! Gonna carry this one for a while To quote my wife..."you're going to be insufferably proud of yourself for at least a week...maybe I can use it after that" I told her "no" I have one more blank left