That's the gist of it. I have a "failed" key, that being where the .6mm wall is too thin for the wax injection process, so it's mould is scrapped and it has an "interesting" life ahead of it. It's in the process of going through different textures and being my Guinea-pig key, it's got a brushed finish at the moment, and will be getting glass blasted some time over the weekend, after that, it'll be bright polished, and finally acid etched, though that won't be an option at the moment
When the poor thing is finally finished with it'll either be so worn as to be useless, and will find a temporary home in my scrap box. Or, should it survive it's ordeals if'll find a permanent home on my board.
Hand making individual keys is a slow, slow process. At least a day's work per-key, which is why when I start making them properly they'll be cast, as this reduces it down to a couple of hours per-key. And (hopefully) every key will be perfectly uniform.
Though I'd have said wabi rather than keshiki?
