In an effort to be "Green" and recycle most of the junk metal that comes into my shop, I'm always searching for ideas that will use up waste.

This key chain was created from a small cut off piece of 1/2" round stock that got heated in the forge and formed into a leaf. 

One trip to the county fair gives you more key chains than you can use so the ring was repurposed from one of the many keychains collected this summer