today I worked on the mold a little, just polishing it up on the outside just for appearance, and also polished the sprue hole best I could by spinning a wad of steel wool in the hole with a countersink bit. so it is done. I have plenty of size 4 sickles, so may heat the pot up, the pot usually pours better than the ladle I use for test pours. this head makes a size 4 sickle look a little on the small side because it takes up a considerable amount of the hooks shank, but I can see this head and hook combo working for verticle jigging and dipping, maybe a good pitching jig too as it has a little weight for it's size, just a compact package.