1st FP - JR Statesman

[ones]

Here is my first FP, special garage mix for the blank.

 

[txbatons]

Very nice! Good work.

 

[Stevej72]

Nice looking pen! I like the blank you used.

 

[Blind_Squirrel]

You have some crazy good PR skills!!!

You pen skills are top notch too! []

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Love the Trilobite, looks Devonian to me[8D]


Cool pen too![]

 

[Ligget]

Love the blank, the pen looks excellent![]

 

[johncrane]

Very very nice![][]

 

[doddman70]

Very nice !! how did you pour your pr?

Shane

 

[ones]

doddman70, I poured 1/2 blue and 1/2 white. Mixed at the same time in seperate containers. The ribbons were in the mold already. In went the white and poured the blue on top and started dipping the stirring stick in the mixture.

 

[doddman70]

so is the ribbon pr also? just poured thin and then cut to strips and then placed in the mold or are they a different material?

Shane

 

[ones]

Yes the ribbons are pr. Got them in the craft section at wal-mart. Offray Ribbons. I just layed them in the mold and poured the mix in and around them. I'm on gal number 2 and still have a long way to go. The results vary. My garage is pretty cool right now. Sometimes I bring the mix in the house after a couple of hours. Most of the smell is gone by then. Just ask my wife, she tells me if they stink or not![:0]

 

[R2]

Nice match of kit and blank, and agenerayy good looking pen.[][]Might i suggest that your blanks need to have some of the fat trimmed from them? Just a pesonal point of view.

 

[Mather323]

Wow, very nice work on the PR!

 

[winpooh498]

Very nice pen!! I like your pour also! []

 

[jhs494]

Very nice, excellent blank![]

 

[7miles]

Your garage mix is OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!
I cant wait to try this some time. However thats down the road for me. Do you use a pressure pot???

 

[ones]

Hey Dale, i'm in Stanford, not too far from you! I built a pressure/vacuum set up. I tried it a few times but just use a jewerly cleaner for shaking out the bubbles. It seems to work well. Check out this topic: http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31108
This blank also turned out well, as compared to my many failures. Red and yellow seems hard to mix. Alot of the mixes with black and pearl white get too well mixed together. Grey is a pretty dull color! I'm not good enough to predict the results. I just finished gallon number 2. Need to restock again! We should get together sometime and talk pens.[]

 

[Radman]

Chubby[]
[8D]

 

[ysottot]

Nice work. Love the color mix.

 

[7miles]

Kevin,
That sounds great. I sent you a email

Thanks