American Flag Pen

[cschimmel]

Finished this guy up today. I had started it a few days ago but when I was buffing the cap portion I looked a way for a second to long and when thru the finish. So I remade it and looking at them both the second looks better in my opinion so I guess it was meant to be. Thanks for looking any comments welcome.

 

[fiferb]

Beautiful work! I like it a lot. You may want to buff the tubes before you assemble them. The plating is pretty thin and can be buffed through pretty easily even without looking away briefly.

 

[JohnU]

Nice Work!

 

[Constant Laubscher]

That is beautiful.

 

[jbostian]

Very nice!

Jamie

 

[patsikes]

Very cool! Is that stamps glued to the brass tubes then cast in PR or stamps on turned wood then CA covered?

Patrick

 

[mbroberg]

Very Nice!!

 

[jasontg99]

Very, very nice. It looks fantastic.

 

[louisbry]

Beautiful pen. I am going to have to try stamp pens.

 

[masl]

l am now going to make myself sound a bit dumb .Am l right in thinking you can turn down a peace off wood to just below the bushes of the pen the stick on the stamps and after that coat with ca glue after which micro mesh to a finish

 

[cschimmel]

Yes that is how I do it, turn down the wood, glue on the stamps and put a Thick CA finish on it. Seems to work well but it is tricky getting the fit just right because of the thickness of the stamps, sealer and ca.

 

[patsikes]

Thanks Cschimmel,

I have been wanting to try something like that but was not sure if I should try your method or the casting method. The PSI catalog has been pushing this method for the last few issues, even selling the stamps to do it....

Thanks for sharing and again...great pen!

 

[MrDave]

Looks great

What glue do you use to glue the stamp on the wood and do you sand the wood first?

 

[Canedriver]

l am now going to make myself sound a bit dumb .Am l right in thinking you can turn down a peace off wood to just below the bushes of the pen the stick on the stamps and after that coat with ca glue after which micro mesh to a finish

From what I understand yes. Heres a video for making them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv1WoQtwVVE

With such a variety of stamps in the world it's fairly easy to customize pen to a person. It's on my to do list.

 

[masl]

Yes that is how I do it, turn down the wood, glue on the stamps and put a Thick CA finish on it. Seems to work well but it is tricky getting the fit just right because of the thickness of the stamps, sealer and ca.

what kind of sealer do you after use

 

[cschimmel]

I use mod podge.

 

[Ligget]

That is BEAUTIFUL, it is really unique too!