It might grow on me. Anyway, it's on a Majestic Rollerball. I know the pictures are a little dark. Thanks for looking!
. Your work is well documented as some of the best on here and you need no words to boost your ego. I will state another great job though and the finish is spot on. But once again I will post to one of yours because it is different from what you have been showing and you asked for comments. 
There was a post about commenting on people's photos and I almost posted to it and had the thing written and deleted. But in it I had mentioned that I do not comment on pens from people who post almost everyday and you came to mind. Why, because there is just so many times you can say it looks great and in so many ways. Nothing against what you do Doc. I wish I could turn a pen or 2 aday to keep the Doc away
I love the pen and the thought about mixing media. But whenever I see something like this I feel more thought or creativety needs to be used when doing this. My thoughts to make this pen jump even better was to use the Amboyna as accent rings. I would have left a small ring of ivory at both the top and bottom and then a smaller ring of the burl and then the rest ivory. Doing this on both ends would really make this pen pop. The other idea if using a center piece I would have cut it on an extreme angle more than 45 degrees and centered it between 2 pieces of ivory. This is in the cap portion.
Just my 2¢
There was a post about commenting on people's photos and I almost posted to it and had the thing written and deleted. But in it I had mentioned that I do not comment on pens from people who post almost everyday and you came to mind. Why, because there is just so many times you can say it looks great and in so many ways. Nothing against what you do Doc. I wish I could turn a pen or 2 aday to keep the Doc away
I love the pen and the thought about mixing media. But whenever I see something like this I feel more thought or creativety needs to be used when doing this. My thoughts to make this pen jump even better was to use the Amboyna as accent rings. I would have left a small ring of ivory at both the top and bottom and then a smaller ring of the burl and then the rest ivory. Doing this on both ends would really make this pen pop. The other idea if using a center piece I would have cut it on an extreme angle more than 45 degrees and centered it between 2 pieces of ivory. This is in the cap portion.
Just my 2¢
John, No need to apologize for your thoughts and no offense is taken. Recently, as with this post, I'm not asking for comments but just show the pen to look at and thank people for just looking. There are only so many adjectives in the English language and too many pretty pens..
John, As I mentioned to Tim, I would like to segment and try to do more but I think I need a miter saw. The only saw I have is my band saw. My band saw guide is too far away from the blade to angle cut a pen blank and the cuts are too rough. So far, all I can do is 90 degree cuts and sand them. A little frustrating:frown: ..and getting a little bored. I would really appreciate any suggestions about what to get to set up for segmenting...Regards, Doc
There was a post about commenting on people's photos and I almost posted to it and had the thing written and deleted. But in it I had mentioned that I do not comment on pens from people who post almost everyday and you came to mind. Why, because there is just so many times you can say it looks great and in so many ways. Nothing against what you do Doc. I wish I could turn a pen or 2 aday to keep the Doc away
I love the pen and the thought about mixing media. But whenever I see something like this I feel more thought or creativety needs to be used when doing this. My thoughts to make this pen jump even better was to use the Amboyna as accent rings. I would have left a small ring of ivory at both the top and bottom and then a smaller ring of the burl and then the rest ivory. Doing this on both ends would really make this pen pop. The other idea if using a center piece I would have cut it on an extreme angle more than 45 degrees and centered it between 2 pieces of ivory. This is in the cap portion.
Just my 2¢
John, No need to apologize for your thoughts and no offense is taken. Recently, as with this post, I'm not asking for comments but just show the pen to look at and thank people for just looking. There are only so many adjectives in the English language and too many pretty pens..
John, As I mentioned to Tim, I would like to segment and try to do more but I think I need a miter saw. The only saw I have is my band saw. My band saw guide is too far away from the blade to angle cut a pen blank and the cuts are too rough. So far, all I can do is 90 degree cuts and sand them. A little frustrating:frown: ..and getting a little bored. I would really appreciate any suggestions about what to get to set up for segmenting...Regards, Doc
Doc
Is the bandsaw the only tool you have for cutting blanks??? I assume you don't have a tablesaw???
You can spend as much money as you like on mitersaws. You can get anything from hand guided mitersaws to fancy laser miter saws. If you want to use the saw you have may require just some tune up and a good blade that you can take the wobble out of. Most people who do work on bandsaws build jigs to do their better cuttings. The response here would be huge and take up too much room to explain how to build jigs but the simple answer is 2 pieces of wood attached at 90 degrees and a runner underneath to match the guide on the table. You can then cut stop blacks to any angle your heart desires. As far as getting a good finished cut. If you do not have a disc sander, then a simple piece of 80 grit paper adhered to a flat surface such as a piece of MDF board or a piece of glass. A couple passes over that making sure you keep the blank flat and it is a good glue joint.
