BeSquare
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A few weeks ago I had posted the plan for a pen for my father in law. He is a Marine veteran who served in Vietnam in 1967. The design changed a bit along the way but I think the result has been great. I had to get it out in the mail today so I wasn't able to set up the lightbox but I did get a few pictures snipped before I sent it out.
The kit is a gold titanium gentlemen rollerball from CSUSA, the upper barrel is american white holly. The logo for the 3rd Marine Division was made using laser decal paper. I finished it first by applying 2 coats of medium CA and polishing it and then applying the waterslide decal. Once that was on I finished it with 10 coats of medium CA and polished it with Micro Mesh.
The bottom of the pen is a segmented blank of american white holly, 2 pieces of blue buckeye burl and one of red buckeye burl. It is meant to look like the Marine dress blue uniform with the blood stripe down each side.
This pen was a joy to make and I truly hope that it is a joy for my father in law.
The kit is a gold titanium gentlemen rollerball from CSUSA, the upper barrel is american white holly. The logo for the 3rd Marine Division was made using laser decal paper. I finished it first by applying 2 coats of medium CA and polishing it and then applying the waterslide decal. Once that was on I finished it with 10 coats of medium CA and polished it with Micro Mesh.
The bottom of the pen is a segmented blank of american white holly, 2 pieces of blue buckeye burl and one of red buckeye burl. It is meant to look like the Marine dress blue uniform with the blood stripe down each side.
This pen was a joy to make and I truly hope that it is a joy for my father in law.
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