VAREL mining drill bit keychains

Came across one of these again today, so went and found the other so's I could show them. Trust me y'all, these are only a couple of probably *hundreds* of various keychains I probably own...?? <lolol> I actually bought a little 'dollar bag-o-crap' at the junk store just because it had these in it, there was also a 2nd one identical to the larger one in there too. For whatever reasons they "intrigued" me...??
;-) :-)

Both relatively heavy (solid metal) for their small size, the bigger is about 3" and smaller about 2" total length from their respective rings. The little one is all 'goldtone' while the bigger is 'silvertone' with black and green accents and an added tag with the name/logo. As I guessed then, they seem to represent the kind of drill bit that would be used with industrial mining equipment, and it only took a quick google to find the current VAREL website.

http://www.varelmining.com/

I can only suppose they found their way here (relatively recently) with the advent of the natural gas "fracking" activity that's been going on around here lately...??