Good luck with it, Jon! Certainly taking an impression and using it as a mold is the obvious way to try to replicate a R&R Patent Head endcap. However, I'm just wondering if you saw
this rather relevant discussion from 3+ years ago (one of my first forays onto the Web when I only had access at the public library!) about how said crown caps may have been produced originally? The debate started on the Woodenflute forum but was condensed and reposted by David Migoya on the R&R Yahoo Group with the contributors' consent. The whole discussion is worth a read, but the bits most relevant to Jon's current project are towards the end - David's Parts VII-XIV.
BTW, is it just me, or does anyone else think the embossed silver caps look kind-of odd, out of place on a non-PH? I think a normal turned wood crown cap suits a normal head better, though I do like fancy finials on the screw adjuster end, like the little turned silver acorns on some antiques. (I think Chris Wilkes is featuring those these days.) I've also always felt that M&E's crude impression is both cheeky and naff!
P.S. I thought from first reading that Mutepoint was being humourous......so was taken aback by the reaction to his post!
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