Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Pewtersmith: A Tour of Royal Selangor

One cool thing I participated in this trip was a tour of the Royal Selangor experience workshop. Royal Selangor has the official endorsement of the Sultan of Selangor, which is why they added the "royal" to their name. 

Royal Selangor: Where the cheapest thing they've got is RM 130
A wall of tin and some bells made from different materials so you can hear the sound they make
Molten pewter in the visitor's workshop

Our tour guide actually scooped the molten pewter into a mold. The pewter cools and sets pretty rapidly (about 2 minutes?).

Shaping tools: Check out the tiny sports car mold

Tin Shavings


Each one of these divots was hand-hammered

It's maybe kind of a cheesy, touristy thing to do, maybe, but I thought it was neat.

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