[ there's a couple variants! there's a few solid charms, but also a couple of wire-wrapped ones as well. they fit easily into the the middle of one's palm. ]

Not that long. It's relatively easy when all the materials are already provided for you, so since they already had copper over at at the smithy I got most of this done over the last few hours.

[ now, if he'd had to go spelunking for his own ores and materials, that's a different story... ]