stone bullets

[NDK]

Well not really, but I had an idea for more "manly" stones to wear. I am looking for other ways to wear them besides wire wraps. I was out shooting my .40 Smith & Wesson last week and had this idea.
I wasn't sure how it would turn out, so I just grabbed a chunk of wonderstone since I have so much of it. I don't care for the color combination, but it got the job done. I was afraid it would turn out looking like a lipstick, any thoughts on that?
These could be made in any caliber and used as key fobs or pendants. I suppose to make it easier I could use the whole spent casing and make the cab shorter to mimic the bullet more but I wanted the stone to be the focal point.

Anyway, enough rambling. Here's the pendant:

Here's a top view showing how I drilled out the primer and put a simple bail in the hole. The square wire is just bent over inside the case so it can swivel.


Thanks for looking, I hope you like it.
Nate

[SteveHolmes]

Super neat Idea Nate! I think it looks great. I would love to see one made from Biggs or Deschutes. I think these would sell very well.
Steve

[Toad]

I don't care for the color either, but great work. I like Steve's suggestions. Malachite would work well with brass I think.

[NDK]

Thanks guys, and yeah, I was thinking the browner jaspers or green would go good too. Even obsidian.. I bet blue or purple would look good too. Pfft, maybe anything other that what I used lol!

Nate

[frane]

I really like how that looks! I have got to admit though that my first thought was Avon trial size lipstick without the lid. Such a cool idea to do the bullets. I am looking forward to seeing your next one!
Fran

[NDK]

LOL, thanks Fran. I asked my wife if it looked like a lipstick and she just looked at me weird. Then I said it's not supposed to look like one, and she said she thought it did...
Maybe a more pronounced point will do the trick.

Nate

[jakesrocks]

Great idea. You should do one in red jasper and cut the point at an angle. Then slip it in your wifes purse.
Don

[hulagrub]

Great idea!!!!

[moondragon]

Awesome idea and very manly. You got a winner:)

[FrogAndBearCreations]

Cool idea for a pendant!

[beefjello]

Terrific idea Nate! I'm thinking psilomelane would make one heck of a cool bullet.

[tanyafrench]

Please don't use red, that would certainly look like a lipstick. I think some brown petrified wood would be very masculine, actually anything in the browns would work. I love the idea. You did a great job.
Tanya

[Bejewelme]

Nate!
That is exactly what I thought too, lipstick, LOL But I think the idea is cool, and the craftsmanship is great. Manly material will have that looking more phallic instead of like lipstick, LOL

[krazydiamond]

hopefully not TOO phallic. wouldn't want someone to think you were walking around with a sex toy around your neck.

my bad.

KD

[sitnwrap]

Very cool design. I think short pink stone for lipstick, long,very long pet wood stone for bullet.

Boy you made a great creation.

[NDK]

Thanks everyone! LOL I love the comments!
I'll look through my rock pile and figure something else out to put in there. I just have the stone friction fit, so I should be able to get it out to replace it.

Nate

[mc2]

Now, how cool is that!? A great idea!! I like it. The idea, not the pink,lol!!

Mike

[NDK]

C'mon Mike, live a little. Real men wear pink, LOL!
Funny thing is, I'm colorblind and thought it was a bland gray! I never would have done it with that stone if someone told me it was pimk LOL!

Nate

[elementary]

I hear the magazine Rock and Gem is looking for interesting material for their Craftsman of the Month award. Send it in and see how they like it.

[catmandewe]

Cool Idea!
If you want manly then try to make the stone look like a wadcutter hollow point! That will give it some stopping power!

Great job.............Tony