Calling all petrologist, uh.. rock collectors

[skywizzard]

Here are some Tru-stone pens I did this weekend from material obtained from Richard at RandBcrafts.

The first is White Buffalo on a Black-Ti Jr. Statesman
The second is Bloody Basin Red Jasper on a 22K Jr. Statesman
The third is Wild Horse Jasper on a gold Jr. Gent.
The fourth is Rhodonite on a chrome Jr. Gentlemen I series
The fifth is Charoite on a gold Jr. Gentlemen II and
The last is Chrysocolla on a chrome Sierra.

The only one which gave me a problem was the chaysocolla. It started out destined for a Jr. Gentlemen, but I got in a hurry and blew the short tube during drilling. Fortunately I was able to salvage the longer tube for the Sierra.

All were turned mostly with a carbide insert tool, with final finishing with a skew. Sanded with wet 400 sandpaper, micro mesh to 4000 then buffed with tripoli and white diamond.

Comments welcome... Thanks for looking.

 

[renowb]

Beauties indeed! I likie them all!

 

[Pens By Scott]

Wonderful work!

 

[phillywood]

all are beatiful, I'll take the 2nd one as a B-day gift if your willing to part with it.:tongue::biggrin:

 

[maxman400]

Great looking Pens, I really like the bloody basin.

 

[randbcrafts]

Nice work Wendell. All of those look great. I think my favorite is the bloody basin red jasper.

 

[broitblat]

Rock solid work all around

-Barry