Who makes custom pins?

[RedFury]

I've been thinking about ways to identify my work. How about a custom mosaic pin of my own design. Does somebody make custom pins if you send them the idea?

 

[David LaFerney]

I've thought of this too. A 3d printer could probably make a core that could be glued into a metal tube. No idea how to get that done though.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

It is a pretty simple process. You fit rods, squares, triangles, etc. in the tube and suck epoxy up the tube. Let the epoxy cure and you have a mosaic rivet.

For fancier rivets, you make shaped inserts and draw up the epoxy. If you have a bi-directional initial (A,H, I, O, T,X), you can make a rivet with your initial in it. I do this with an "A".