4 Kings

[elkhorn]

Well, 4 emperors to be more exact

Spent some time in the shop yesterday and today and made 4 emperors with blanks I haven't touched in quite a while.

The first one is an ivory celluloid from American Art Plastics (identified courtesy of Bill (bmachin) and others when I asked for help (the blank shot fire when I sanded it). Turned with my special grind on a roughing gouge, MM 12,000, Scratch Free, Huts Plastic Polish, Ren Wax.

The second is from a piece of blue cebloplast that I had. Thanks to Ed4copies on how to drill a blank where the drill bit is almost as wide as the blank! Finished as above.

The third is from something labeled Rocky Mt. Marble. Some kind of acrylic. Finished as above.

The last is a piece of black marble ice acrylic. Again, finished as above.

C & C welcome. I'll post a second one to show them open.

 

[elkhorn]

4 Kings Open

Here are the 4 emperors I just posted (closed position) in the open position. I didn't know how to post all of them at the same time, so I did it this way. I hope that's okay.

 

[RKB]

Hard to beat 4 Kings!! These are really awesome pens. :biggrin: Very well done sir.

Rod

 

[magpens]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, and beautiful !!!!

 

[southernclay]

Whooweee!! Those are great! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Sataro]

Great looking batch of kings!

 

[jttheclockman]

Everyone of them came out very nice and with that kit really sets the blanks off. Those are some high priced pens. Thanks for showing.

 

[Herb G]

Very nice work on all of them. Congrats.

 

[Jim15]

Everyone of those are beautiful.

 

[jeff]

John - I merged the two threads. Hope that's ok!

 

[TattooedTurner]

Those are great, and that blue one... what a beauty!

 

[elkhorn]

Rod, thank you!

Mal, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you!

Warren, I appreciate the kind words. I'll have to try some of these blanks on the lotus kits I got from you.

Billy, thanks for the compliment.

John T, thank you. I agree, I think the emperor kits go well with really nice blanks.

Herb, I appreciate the kind words.

Jim, thank you!

Jeff, thank you for doing that. I would have but I didn't know how

Tattooed, thank you. The blue one was the biggest challenge. The blank wasn't much larger than the drill bit. Then the tube got stuck 3/4 of the way in (even though I tried them first without glue), so I had to glue another tube from the other end. But it all worked out in the end.

 

[OLIVE WOOD]

Those are a really nice set of pens. Nice photo taking.

 

[elkhorn]

Chris, thank you for the compliments on both the pens and photography!

 

[Culprit]

Fantastic pens! I'd like to hear more about the drilling tips, please.

 

[elkhorn]

Thanks, Josh, I appreciate it. PM sent on the blank drilling.

 

[zaqdesigns]

Beautiful pens! The blue & black are absolutely stunning!

 

[elkhorn]

D.E., thank you! I wish I could get a better photo of the black one. There is a silver pearlescent strip on both sides that is just beautiful, but hard to photograph. I may try some other angles to see if I can get a better shot. Here's to you:coffee:

 

[elkhorn]

Here's a retake of the black marble ice pen, trying to show the pearlescent stripe.

I tried to take these in the sunlight, handheld, so I'm sorry for the quality of the photos.