The PewterScribe

07/07/2025

Thanks for the birthday wishes for yesterday.

07/07/2025

I have now finished the carving of the wolf you can see, there is a lot more definition now and movement in the fur. You can also see the razor-sharp teeth and tongue. Let me know what you think, Is it how you expected it to look?

06/07/2025

Please join me
in wishing , Colin a very happy birthday

04/07/2025

Getting my hand back in at carving. I have for the last few years been studying metal casting from (with the help of my sons) , 3D printing, possibly to the detriment of my own skill base as I'm an engraver and carver. I already sell a small range of cast pin badges that are based on carvings I have done in brass or copper. This is the latest piece I have been working on, As you can see from the photo it's nearing completion and should be on sale at a festival near you later in the year and probably through the website too. What would you like to see me carve? Would you find it interesting to watch a video of me doing some of the carving? I'd love to know what you find interesting and challenging, go on it could be fun.

02/07/2025

As some of you know, we have had a pretty rough time since the pandemic. The beer festivals haven't really come back as they were, and my health has taken a knock. While I'm not in the pain I was before I had the Spinal op last year, there is still a major problem in that area. I have now had enough of waiting to be fixed and am now making adjustments to the workshop to allow me to get on. I have had to start building a new website as there was a problem with the old one, and some people couldn't load it. So there is a new webshop being built at www.thepewterscribe.co.uk if you' ve been to it and can't find what you want, drop me a line on here, or email me at work@thepewterscribe. co. uk. Anyway, just to remind you of some of the pieces we make, here's some pictures of our Countess Cross, in sold bronze and enamel

12/03/2025

Put this up a couple of years ago but thought I'd share it again as I know people found it interesting and is still as relevant today

05/03/2025

Gool Piran Lowen

Is a Cornish phrase that translates to "Happy St Piran's Day."

Pepole celebrate by eating
Cornish pasties, cream teas, and saffron cake or buns are all eaten . They may also wear black, white, and gold, the colors of the Saint Piran's flag .

Do you know who St Piran is?

He is the parion Saint of Cornwall. He is also the parion Saint of tin miners

So why is he important to the pewterscribe ?

Well, Saint Piran is the patron saint of tin-miners, and Saint Piran's Day was originally observed as a 'tinner's holiday' by the numerous tin-miners of Cornwall

But I still don't get it, you say?

Pewter is predominantly tin, in fact, Pewter is a metal alloy that's typically made of tin, antimony, and copper.

In the past, pewter contained lead, but this was stopped in the 1950s because of health concerns
Modern pewter is safe to use for food and drink

Pewter is malleable and has a low melting point. It can be cast, spun, or deep drawn to create intricate shapes.

So now you can see why St Piran's is so important to the pewterscribe.

"The Song of the Western Men", also known as "Trelawny", is a Cornish patriotic song, written in its modern form by Robert Stephen Hawker in 1824, but having...

04/03/2025

Are you a football fan? Do you enjoy playing ? If so are you making your way to the Derbyshire Peak District today? Ashborne in the Peak district is hosting its annual shrove tide football match. As with all games there are two teams, the uppers are the downers but the goal posts are an incredible 3 miles apart. One word of warning this game is not for the faint hearted. And if you can't make it they do it all again tomorrow!

So as we approach the end of the football season don't forget to give us a call or drop us a line for all your trophy requirements

27/02/2025

Well last night turnd out interesting, driving home and this happened all safe but shaken

17/02/2025

Today is random acts of kindness day, so how will you celebrate? It could be as simple as holding the door open for someone or maybe the person in front of you can't find their money to buy a pint of milk of maybe buy a hot drink or sandwich for that homeless person on the street. But whatever you do just be kind to each other and that includes being kind to yourself.

13/02/2025

New product.
Real hide book cover, with inset "Odins Shield" pewter design panel in lime green, other colours will be available soon. The book inside the cover is an A6 hard back sketch book.

27/01/2025

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a place i have never been, but a few years ago I visited Beth Shalom, also named the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, this image had a lasting affect on me. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day please don't sweep it under the carpet as its to horrible to think about if you have children make sure thay understand do not do these people who died and those that survived a disservice.

At a fairly young age, Jewish children are shown a picture similar to this one: A pile of dirty shoes, all gray with soot and ash. They range in sizes from toddler to adult. It’s an uncountably large pile, with no ground visible between the shoes as you look down from above. The shoes were taken from liberated concentration camps, their former owners gassed or shot or butchered for no reason other than an accident of being born into a faith (usually Jewish, occasionally Catholic) or race (usually black or Romany) or sexual orientation (this might surprise you, but N***s were against homosexuality).

Often, the photo is accompanied by a short poem by Moshe Szulsztein. It reads like this:

We are the shoes, we are the last witnesses.
We are shoes from grandchildren and grandfathers
From Prague, Paris and Amsterdam,
And because we are only made of fabric and leather
And not of blood and flesh,
Each one of us avoided the hellfire

Posted on 08/12/2020 by Josh Shear