Icarus EDC beads (Grail Drop #13)

Handmade in California by Tim Markel, the Icarus EDC beads are the 93rd one-time shop-drop by the Orange County maker and the thirteenth Copper Wagon Grail Drop. The Icarus beads feature a rare vintage 1980s red-and-tan linen Westinghouse Micarta - an increasingly scarce material, sought after in the collector community for its history and unmistakable layers. The Icarus beads also contain four layers of Skur Composites Hyperglow, five layers of thick black G10, and grade 5 titanium on the bottoms.

Born from a passion for craftsmanship, every Copper Wagon EDC bead is carefully designed, assembled, turned, and polished in very small batches. Every Copper Wagon EDC bead is one-of-a-kind. Past drops/themes are not repeated.

Attach your Copper Wagon EDC beads to your favorite pieces of EDC gear as additional grip points while also elevating their presence in your loadout. Each meticulously crafted bead possesses a unique, evolving character and enduring charm, designed to withstand the test of time and the rigors of everyday life, ensuring it becomes a cherished heirloom for generations to come.

The Icarus EDC beads were fine-tuned to work perfectly on your standard 6mm spin-sticks/bead-caddies, or as a knife lanyard bead, or zipper-pull. 

A total of 18 Icarus beads were made, but only 17 are available through the shop-drop. There are two beads in an Alt variant which don’t contain Titanium.

Two regular variant beads with very minor blemishes are available.

-Vintage Westinghouse linen Micarta (‘80s)

-Skur Composites, Hyperglow

-Titanium (grade 5)

-G10

-Copper tube

Finish: High polish 

Approximate dimensions:

H: 23mm (0.9”)

W: 16mm(0.6”)