Last week, we took a look at the story behind the bespoke baton that Glasgow's 4c Design, Ltd., created for the XX Commonwealth Games in 2014. The baton was unveiled at a special ceremony on October 9, the occasion for remarks from Prince Imran of Malaysia (President of the CGF), Lord Smith of Kelvin (Chair of the 2014 Games) and of course Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II herself.

The BBC's Mark Beaumont filed his latest report, from Sri Lanka, yesterday afternoon; the Baton is about halfway through it's tour of Southeast Asia and will be in Australia by Halloween (view the full 70-country, 288-day route here).

We're pleased to present a series of exclusive photos documenting the making-of the baton, courtesy of 4c Design.

Testing ithe durability of the handle.

The "Birdmouthing" join comes from 1,000+ years of shipbuilding tradition

The form was 3D-printed with Direct Metal Laser Sintering, but the rough titanium requires quite a bit of manual polishing...

The puzzle mechanism at the end of the baton consists of four parts

After they've been polished to a classy luster

See the original article here

Special thanks to 4c Design, Ltd., and Deena DeNaro for coordinating coverage of the Queen's Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.