Alternate Ivory Entry

[VisExp]

It was a lot of work, but I'm not sure it is not going to end up in my "also ran" bin.

Modified Sierra Click dressed in alternate ivory, ebony and aluminum.

The lower barrel was supposed to match but that dreaded "final cut" put paid to that [:I]

As always your comments and critiques are appreciated. Thanks for looking.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Keith my friend you have just raised the bar a few notches[].

 

[gerryr]

Nice work, Keith. That's a really nice looking pen.

 

[GaryMGg]

That's swell; it's a real clean, fun looking pen. Great work.

 

[BRobbins629]

Nice idea and nicely done. Always nice to see a segmented blank made with precision.

 

[MarkHix]

Nice pen. Makes me want to try some Alt Ivory.

 

[igran7]

Beautiful pen Keith, you did an outstanding job![]

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen, excellent work.

 

[PaulDoug]

Nice workmanship. That look like a lot of work. Beautiful

 

[Dalecamino]

STUNNING !!!!!

 

[george]

Great work. Really.

 

[Gary Max]

Look-in Good

 

[johncrane]

Keith Excellent work Mate your pen looks great l can see a lot of work has gone in too this pen! and it was well worth the effort,also Keith what your thought's on the push top sierra lam yet to do that kit. l've also been playing around with a Serra and ivory. l've had few drama's with it but thats nothing unusual for me.

 

[ed4copies]

Great job, Keith.

Is the metal the "ever-popular pop can??" Or some other form of "embeddable metal"??

Looks good, no matter what the substance.

 

[desertyellow]

that is a great twist on an old favorite.
Well done.
Bravo!!!

 

[VisExp]

Thanks for all your nice comments.

Originally posted by johncrane

Keith what your thought's on the push top sierra lam yet to do that kit.

John, I'm no expert but the click mechanism seems pretty sturdy. I've seen a lot of posts here where people seem happy with the Sierra click. I install kitchen cabinets for living so don't get to use a pen much [:I] My daily pen is actually a wooden pencil [:I][:I] so take my opinion with a pinch of salt.

Originally posted by ed4copies

Is the metal the "ever-popular pop can??" Or some other form of "embeddable metal"??

Ed, the aluminum is 36 gauge aluminum sheeting. I got bored with sanding the labels off of Coke cans and brought a couple of yards of the stuff from Whimsie Studio. By doing that I was also able to get a gauge which matched the thickness of my scroll saw blade. Not an issue on this pen but important on some of my other segmented pens.

http://www.whimsie.com/index.html

 

[CSue]

Now that's one HANDSOME PEN!

What great work, too.

 

[papaturner]

Yes sir I`d carry that beauty......Excellent pen.

 

[DCBluesman]

Beautiful work, Keith. Did you "lose" the clip with this design?

 

[bitshird]

Very nice pen Keith, I really like your segmenting job, also like the link to whimsie, other than flashing all I could find is 24 GA which is a bit thick for segmenting,

 

[VisExp]

Originally posted by DCBluesman

Beautiful work, Keith. Did you "lose" the clip with this design?

Well Lou, even as a child I was better at taking things apart than putting them back together [:I] This pen being clipless was, shall we say, a design opportunity. I glued the brass bushing into the cap thingy and then realized I should have threaded the clip onto the brass bushing before I glued it into the clip thingy [V]

Originally posted by bitshird

Very nice pen Keith, I really like your segmenting job, also like the link to whimsie, other than flashing all I could find is 24 GA which is a bit thick for segmenting,

Glad I could help Ken. If you order more than one item from them you might be shocked at the shipping price. Their cart is set up that it charges a set price per item. Part of this is also because of the way they package for shipping. Put a note in with your payment asking that if it is possible to combine shipping please do so and refund the difference. I have ordered from them twice and both times received a refund for part of the shipping cost.

 

[karlkuehn]

Wowee, that is awesome! Great work on the segmentation. Very nice looking pen.

 

[badger]

Love the contrast. Looks amazing.