My goal was to design a mount with a clean aesthetic that complements each stone, intuitive enough for beginners yet high-quality enough for seasoned experts.
Metalsmith Collective has been a long standing dream of ours. A multivendor marketplace for the Metalsmith. Two years Chris wrote this in a business plan,
"Host a multi-vendor marketplace that gives opportunities to smaller retailers currently selling on social media platforms or small scale websites. Providing exposure to small artisan businesses by providing an online retail solution that allows consumers to shop all artisans on one platform"
We are proud to be on the road to starting this dream. Right now customers can add items from partner stores and check out just once! Your items will be shipped directly to you from each store. For stores wishing to partner with Lion Punch Forge the only caveat is that the partner stores need to be using a Shopify platform. Partner vendors will be vetted and we will strive to keep products relevant and applicable to the craft.
I love all my tools from Lion Punch Forge! I have the ring/bezel mandrel holder, the pick, the crap stick, and the ti-quad soldering stand. Besides the crap stick, I use the rest of the tools pretty much every time I'm in my studio and they work great! When I do have to use the crap stick, it always makes me feel better because it works so well and the name helps me feel better lol.
Chris, I am making quite a few paperclip jump ringsnow and once I started using your bench chuck, it cut the time down to saw the coil of rings, dramatically. All the difference in the world. Thanks so much!