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Tantrum Logo Tankard

£14.99

These beasts are handcrafted, not laser etched, where every single glass is created individually by meticulously creating a stencil and adhering it to the glass to leave the area clear to be etched.  From start to finish, each one takes between one hour (for the logo version) and two hours (for the Valhalla version).  The etching is on one side of the glass, and because they’re made to order, you can specify which side of the glass you would rather have the etching.  The tankard itself carries 14oz (approx 400ml or 0.7 pints) and measures 75mm in diameter by 130mm tall.  Please note that shipping for these is expensive because A) they have to be very well wrapped with polystyrene housings at the top and bottom, then wrapped and bubble wrapped B) the size of the package takes it beyond Royal Mail’s threshold into the small parcel sizing and C) it’s HEAVY!  NOTE: Because these are handmade, there may be slight imperfections, but we’ll do our best to make them as awesome as possible.

  • Q: Why is this so expensive?  Isn’t it just a glass?
  • A: It is just a glass, yes… but we don’t chuck it into a laser etching machine and hit a button (it wouldn’t look as good if we did, for a start) so every glass is created by hand.
  • Q: So, you’re using a Dremel or something?
  • A: Nope.  The image is machine cut into special vinyl, and the areas we want to be etched are then removed from the vinyl by hand using a needle that we’ve rammed into a stick.  Yeah, a needle on a stick.  After all the areas to be etched have been exposed, we then use a special carrier film to flip the image onto the clear film so it can be placed on the glass… we have to use the needle again, as things like to jump off.  Once we’ve done that, we place the stencil and clear film onto the glass so that it’s where we want it, and we then carefully remove the clear film, making sure we don’t lift any of the vinyl stencil again.  When we’re sure all of the stencil has adhered to the glass, we then begin the etching process.
  • Q: Yeah, fair enough… they take ages to make, but can’t you just whack them into a machine to do them quickly so I can get one cheaper?
  • A: Nah.  Laser etching looks a bit scratchy and uneven.  The way we do it, everything is very evenly etched and looks and feels smooth.
  • Q: But I don’t want to pay that much.
  • A: S’okay, we don’t mind.
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These beasts are handcrafted, not laser etched, where every single glass is created individually by meticulously creating a stencil and adhering it to the glass to leave the area clear to be etched.  From start to finish, each one takes between one hour (for the logo version) and two hours (for the Valhalla version).  The etching is on one side of the glass, and because they’re made to order, you can specify which side of the glass you would rather have the etching.  The tankard itself carries 14oz (approx 400ml or 0.7 pints) and measures 75mm in diameter by 130mm tall.  Please note that shipping for these is expensive because A) they have to be very well wrapped with polystyrene housings at the top and bottom, then wrapped and bubble wrapped B) the size of the package takes it beyond Royal Mail’s threshold into the small parcel sizing and C) it’s HEAVY!  NOTE: Because these are handmade, there may be slight imperfections, but we’ll do our best to make them as awesome as possible.

  • Q: Why is this so expensive?  Isn’t it just a glass?
  • A: It is just a glass, yes… but we don’t chuck it into a laser etching machine and hit a button (it wouldn’t look as good if we did, for a start) so every glass is created by hand.
  • Q: So, you’re using a Dremel or something?
  • A: Nope.  The image is machine cut into special vinyl, and the areas we want to be etched are then removed from the vinyl by hand using a needle that we’ve rammed into a stick.  Yeah, a needle on a stick.  After all the areas to be etched have been exposed, we then use a special carrier film to flip the image onto the clear film so it can be placed on the glass… we have to use the needle again, as things like to jump off.  Once we’ve done that, we place the stencil and clear film onto the glass so that it’s where we want it, and we then carefully remove the clear film, making sure we don’t lift any of the vinyl stencil again.  When we’re sure all of the stencil has adhered to the glass, we then begin the etching process.
  • Q: Yeah, fair enough… they take ages to make, but can’t you just whack them into a machine to do them quickly so I can get one cheaper?
  • A: Nah.  Laser etching looks a bit scratchy and uneven.  The way we do it, everything is very evenly etched and looks and feels smooth.
  • Q: But I don’t want to pay that much.
  • A: S’okay, we don’t mind.

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