Is the claw a piece of steel welded to the copper? If I may ask, how did you go about attaching that? Mapp Gas? Oxy Acetylene? Also, what did you do to form the fingers out?
The blades were soldered on using a propane torch and acid core solder. The finger stalls are made of copper pipe, so it was basically a lot of flattening and bending with an assortment of pliers.