In my earlier long account of making a headbadge I mentioned the produts Vi namould and Vinagel, thinks I had used a long time ago in the sixties.
I have just Googled them and note that they are readily available in the UK
from suppliers of pottery equipment, and also from resin and carnon and gl
aas fibre suppliers.
Vinamould is a hot forming vinyl that cane be moulded easily and also melte
d down and re-used.
>From the list of types of suppliers I think it must now often be used for m
oulds for objects such as chess men made from cold-cast resin, garden or
naments. etc
That being the caes, and in the event of an original headbadge being availa
ble, a resin cast mould could be made from which an eelectro-formed badge c
ould be produced.
However if the original is handy then I think it would be both easier and l
ess expensive to make a mould in dental investment plaster and then make
a cast badge from this mould using brass or aluminium..or lead or pewter i
f heat sources are a problem..or, of course cold cast resin if no means of
melting metal available.
Norris Lockley..Settle UK