Thanks Charlie.
A member on my Woodworking Friends site has been making a bunch of them and that gave me the inspiration to try a few. I will be making more of different designs .
The brass is just recycled bells and candle holders that be can found at flea markets and good will stores etc. for a couple bucks each . They usually look terrible before polishing them but they are solid brass and can be brought back to original shine like I have shown in these two .It is important to look for solid brass and not plated ones .