The Bench Book
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A short Picatrix primer: six sittings, metals, woods, houses, and how to put a name on the reverse.
- Printable booklet
- Pictorial steps
- Personalising notes
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Production in progress
Copper and bronze are being punched in Glastonbury; oak, cedar, apple, and hazel are being cut. First run: fifteen metal kits, fifteen wood kits. Order from the app (£2.50 once) when you want a kit on the list. Word: forge@talisforge.com.
Box leaflets (A5): metal · wood. Print duplex. QR to the site and the shop.
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The book
Kits
Metal kit
£72
Copper, pewter, and bronze. The scriber is in the wrap. First run of fifteen, packed in Glastonbury.
- 3 copper disks, ~38 mm
- 2 lead-free pewter disks
- 2 bronze disks
- Talisforge steel scriber
- Beeswax tapers
- Frankincense
- Linen wrap
- Printed Bench Book sheet
Production in progress
Wood kit
£48
Oak, cedar, apple, and hazel, cut here. A scriber will not mark these. Buy a simple wood-burning pen from a craft shop until we stamp our own.
- 2 oak disks
- 2 cedar of Lebanon disks
- 2 apple disks
- 2 hazel disks
- Beeswax tapers
- Frankincense
- Linen wrap
- Printed Bench Book sheet
- Wood-burning pen not included
Production in progress
Disks
Copper disks
£16
Venus, custom, love, art. Six blanks.
- 6 copper disks, ~38 mm
- Linen wrap
Production in progress
Pewter disks
£19
Jupiter: abundance, honour, justice. Lead-free British pewter.
- 3 pewter disks
- Linen wrap
Production in progress
Bronze disks
£18
Sun and mixed work. Harder than copper; use the scriber with patience, or a punch.
- 3 bronze disks
- Linen wrap
Production in progress
Wood disks
£14
Two each of oak, cedar, apple, hazel. Brand them. Do not scribe.
- 2 oak
- 2 cedar
- 2 apple
- 2 hazel
- Linen wrap
Production in progress
Further woods
Later
Alder, willow, ash, and birch as refills once the first run is out.
- Alder
- Willow
- Ash
- Birch
Production in progress
Smoke and wraps
Smoke refill
£13
Frankincense and rosemary. Charcoal is not in the post — use a coal you already have.
- Frankincense tears, ~15 g
- Dried rosemary
Production in progress
Beeswax candles
£10
Four short tapers. Light before the hour, not on the incense coal.
- 4 beeswax tapers, ~10 cm
Production in progress
Linen wraps
£8
Plain linen, stamped at the forge. Two wraps.
- 2 linen wraps
Production in progress
Tools
Talisforge scriber
£16
Hardened steel. For copper, pewter, and bronze. It will not cut a sitting into oak.
- Steel scriber
- Cap
- Felt wrap
Production in progress
Wood-burning pen
Later
Pyrography, and Talisforge wood brands, once the first wood kits are out. Until then: a craft-shop burner.
- Branding pen
- Wood brands (planets, letters)
- Felt wrap
Production in progress
Planetary stamps
£52
Seven steel punches for metal: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.
- 7 planetary punches
- Wooden block
Production in progress
Letters and numbers
£38
3 mm set for a name on the reverse of metal. Keep it off the figure.
- A–Z punches
- 0–9 punches
- Wooden block
Production in progress
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