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About us Tintags is a new and exciting range of pewter and Cornish tin jewellery and giftware designed and made in West Cornwall by Geoff Treseder. The jewellery and decorative items attract great interest. We believe we have a good eye for what works in the material and work with design themes that have great appeal. We have been reorganising the Tintags range adding numerous new designs and removing some fo the older ones. At the moment we're so busy that we're not looking for any more outlets until we're comfortably on top of things.                 Pewter We make our own lead free pewter alloys and lead free solders, this gives us independence and control over quality. The composition of pewter has varied greatly through time often pewtersmiths would make their own recipies. The only common ingredient through all these compositions is a high percentage of tin. Pure tin is generally far too soft to be of practical use, so additions of other elements are made to make a more durable alloy with better casting properties. Cornish Tin Cornwall is reknowned as a source of tin from prehistory through to the 20th century. Tin occurs in the mineral cassiterite which is tin oxide. in order to extract the metal from the mineral it is necessary to heat to a temperature above 1000C in the presence of carbon. The carbon being more reactive than tin takes the oxygen leaving behind tin metal, this process is known as smelting. Read More......