A couple more Antler Pens

[davidrei]

This is a cigar with deer antler top, mesquite burl with black and brown sand inlays, kinda of an Animal, Vegetable, Mineral theme:

This is a Baron with an amboyna burl oops band:

 

[challagan]

I like that Baron alot. Nice work.

Corey

 

[Rifleman1776]

Do those round inlays stick up like beads? Looks like it from the picture.

 

[davidrei]

No, they are flush. I drilled holes through the side of the blank, then glued in the tube. A drop of CA then a tiny bit of sand in each hole. I filled the rest of the holes with thick CA (slowly, one drop at a time) then turned it. For the most part, I was able to arrange the sand so that it stayed below the finish level, but there are a couple grains on the other side that stuck out. Turning and sanding the blank leveled those few grains.