Royal Selangor - School of Hard Knocks!!

Time for some non european postings... :) This one is very Malaysian...

I managed to persuade Elaine to go with me to the Royal Selangor - School of Hard Knocks last weekend.... So we headed off bright and early Sunday morning and went to the Royal Selangor visitor centre...

Outside was a display of the world largest pewter tankard made by them commemorating 100 years of the business...

We were brought around the museum to see the various usage and designs of pewter and it's history.... then after that we were brought to the factory to see how they actually craft the pewter...

Did you know that pewter was made of Tin, Antimony and Copper? hehe!!

This is Elaine holding up a freshly casted money tree... See! money does grow on trees... :)

Why there is no aichin in the pictures is because aichin is the better photographer...muahaha!! So this is Elaine trying very hard (look at the determination on her face) to knock the cylinder with one straight line of hammer markings....

Yes... the cylinder in the picture is fully completed... with beautifully hammered marking... but No, it was not done by Elaine... she pretend only... ;)

Next up...we went for a session in the School of Hard Knocks! for us to make our very own pewter bowl... first, u put on your aprons...

See, we are all set to go.... apron on and mallet in hand...

First we had to etch our names onto the back of the pewter plate... This is Elaine's... similar to Elaine, it's not very straight...tee hee hee!

Now the knock starts... we had to knock in 2 stages... one to form a shallow platter and then next to form it fully into a bowl....

Now that is mine... See... it says "Aichin's bowl"... heheh!! Nice and round after 20 mins of hard knocking...

This is what it looks like up front....

Once done, we are given a box to pack it in and a bag to take it home with us... Not forgetting a certificate to certify our craftmanship... haha!! all for the price of RM50. :) It was a fun day out.... hehe!! Wonder whether I will have anything to do this coming weekend.... :)