Celtic Torc, punched finials

This is a new commissioned work for a wonderful client in Israel. She requested both a Sacred Geometry symbol (the pentagram) and a combination sun and moon Buddhist symbol. Also I've punched my glyph F. G. for my last name(Fitz-Gerald) on the back section.
The torc is forged from 3/8ths x 3/8ths STAINLESS STEEL square-stock. It took me a couple of days to make the various punches required to emboss the symbols on the finial discs (and my glyph),and practice hot punching.
This piece will go out tomorrow.
The pattern twist is an ancient CELTIC artifice,but also occasionally seen in other cultures(Egyptian and Greek). But as far as I know the Celts were the first to adopt this pattern,which was initially forged in bronze or gold.
Torcs were worn by both men and women and considered heirlooms , often passed down through several generations.
Archeologists know this because certain of these artifacts have been found in tombs and through carbon dating (and other methods)have been found to be much older than the body and other artifacts interred,sometimes by several hundred years...

Update May 10,2010
The volcano in Iceland has caused some major interference in air traffic so I've been on pins and needles waiting for this client to receive the package and respond.
She just emailed me saying the torc has indeed arrived,it fits perfectly, and she and her husband are now considering commissioning me for a matching set of wedding bands...
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YAy ,for due diligence!