Author Topic: Pewter Button Mold  (Read 978 times)

Offline Frozen Run

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Pewter Button Mold
« on: March 24, 2023, 09:12:47 AM »
Can anyone recommend a good pewter button mold? There seems to be a nice one by Smiling Fox Forge but I know nothing about button molds so I'm not sure about it. Thank you.



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Re: Pewter Button Mold
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2023, 02:35:39 PM »
 Not sure what shape or size your looking for but this will make a nice plat button. Just change the shape of the mold if you wan something different.

  Tim

  https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=49583.msg491384#msg491384

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Re: Pewter Button Mold
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2023, 06:33:19 PM »
Awesome Tim, that's really clever, thank you!

Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Pewter Button Mold
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2023, 07:06:37 PM »
I saw one in a collection of stuff found at a revolutionary war camp sight that was made of pipestone, or soapstone. I had some pipestone that wasn’t of great quality, so I made a button mold like the one shown, only it is pipestone. I thought it would be very fragile, but I’ve had it for years, and have made a lot of buttons with it.

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