“The arrival of bullet necklaces”

I was polishing a set of ear rings for a lady earlier this week, and an idea came to me. I was using a 30 30 rifle shell as a dop stick. That would be a spent rifle shell, and for the ones that don’t know what a dop stick is, I’ll tell ya. It’s just a stick that you attach a stone to while you polish it. It gives you more control over the stone.

Anyhow, as I polished the stone for the ear rings, I realized that I could easily shape a stone that would fit, and look like the projectile that was originally there. All I would have to do then was drill a hole through the top of the casing, and I’d have the makings for a cool necklace. I was certain that I had just came up with a great and original idea. Then I remembered that not many original ideas exist anymore. I then googled bullet necklaces, and as I expected, I was a bit late to make the claim that they were my idea.

Over the past few days I’ve made four of them. One is a 30 30 with an amethyst projectile. A 30 06 with a sapphire projectile. That’s a synthetic sapphire. A natural sapphire that size would be about fifteen grand. I also made a 308 with clear quartz. Extremely clear quartz. The other is a 308 with a labradorite projectile. Very cool. It has a good blue flash to it. Amanda should have them up for sale before much longer.

I sent a picture of one to my brother, and he made a statement that gave me another idea. Again this has probably already been thought of, but I didn’t check so I don’t know for sure. Before I tell you let me warn the folks that are against animal management that this is going to be about hunting. If you don’t want to here it stop reading now.

Here we go. When I showed the necklace to my brother he said, “That’s cool. When I kill my buck next year I’m going to send the shell casing to you, and have you make one of those for me.” That made me think that if he was asking then other folks would probably like to have the same thing done.

I also thought that if you are a person that wouldn’t wear a necklace, then hang it from you’re rearview mirror. Then every morning, when you get in your truck, you’ll see it hanging there. You’ll start every day remembering that hunt. What better way to start you’re day. That’s what I’d do. I don’t wear necklaces either. I’d most likely get it caught on a branch, and hang myself.

I haven’t spoken to Amanda about it yet, but I’m sure y’all can email the store and make a request. Then I could contact you and arrange something. If you ask for it, I’ll make it happen. Tomorrow is the flea market, I’ll talk with her then. Sorry, I’m rambling and thinking aloud.

Speaking of the flea market, and this is mainly for the locals. If things don’t pick up there we may shut the flea market store down at the end of this month. It’s not really economically feasible to finance two stores. We could be putting that revenue into advertising and product for this store. As much as I like meeting, and talking with people at the flea market, I also like to eat.

I’m going to end things here for the night. Not because I’m running out of things to say, but it happens to be the 50th anniversary of the releasing of Jaws tonight. The movie is on now, and my attention is split. The bad thing is that every time I watch the movie I get a strong urge to go shark fishing, and I won’t be able to do that tomorrow.

Thanks for reading. Have a great night, and I’ll write again soon.