a custom cigar

[bench1holio]

heres somthing i was playing around with the other day.
i used my parting tool to turn all the black bits off a chrome cigar kit, swaped the tubes out for some longer ones and with a bit of fiddling around this was born.
dressed up in a bit of olive burl

 

[cwolfs69]

nice job. and i love the cigar pens. look good, great size and feel. easy to decorate with decals, pictures etc. big body for more room to put stuff.
nice pen.

 

[PenPal]

Ben,

Just some bit of Olive Burl well its a good bit at that. Like the stripped kit and the lovely pen.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

I really like the look of the simple center band. It accents but doesn't compete with the burl (which was an excellent choice). Also like the wood finial (I'm a relative newcomer - is that the correct term?). Same reasons.

How does it feel in the hand? Good, I'm betting.

 

[Leviblue]

Nicely done! I like the alterations you did on the kit.

 

[Drstrangefart]

That is extremely cool. Love the end result on it.

 

[philb]

Thats a stunner! Looks like a completely different pen to the usual Cigar with the black parts!

Now to work out how you did it!

 

[broitblat]

That's sweet!

-Barry

 

[G1Pens]

Very nice pen. Everything you did looks great and adds to an overall look that is very clean.

 

[mrcook4570]

Looks great!

 

[SDB777]

Maybe you could give them a shout at the factory and tell them this is the way this kit should be made....makes it looka LOT better without all the black crud on it!!




How much time did it take you to get the pieces 'whittled down', and what was the new lenghts on the tubes?




Scott (inquiring minds) B

 

[seamus7227]

thats a sharp looking pen! very well done and very classy

 

[alphageek]

Maybe you could give them a shout at the factory and tell them this is the way this kit should be made....makes it looka LOT better without all the black crud on it!!


How much time did it take you to get the pieces 'whittled down', and what was the new lenghts on the tubes?

Scott (inquiring minds) B

VERY NICE PEN!!! (sorry for yelling:wink: )

This is a cool modification - I like the cigar versions out there that don't have the black on then (there is nice 2tone ones), but what you did with the center band is really nice, and the cap section ROCKS. Beautiful wood too.

If I'm not mistaken, the parts removed shouldn't have affected the mechanism, right? You didn't have to mess with the tube length did you?

 

[bench1holio]

Maybe you could give them a shout at the factory and tell them this is the way this kit should be made....makes it looka LOT better without all the black crud on it!!


How much time did it take you to get the pieces 'whittled down', and what was the new lenghts on the tubes?

Scott (inquiring minds) B

VERY NICE PEN!!! (sorry for yelling:wink: )

This is a cool modification - I like the cigar versions out there that don't have the black on then (there is nice 2tone ones), but what you did with the center band is really nice, and the cap section ROCKS. Beautiful wood too.

If I'm not mistaken, the parts removed shouldn't have affected the mechanism, right? You didn't have to mess with the tube length did you?

the parts definatly havnt affected the mechanism.
i swaped the bottom tube from the kit for the top one, and used a longer one for the bottom.

i just went to measure the one i used for the bottom but my wife has pinched the pen and taken it to work!!!

 

[alphageek]

the parts definatly havnt affected the mechanism.
i swaped the bottom tube from the kit for the top one, and used a longer one for the bottom.

i just went to measure the one i used for the bottom but my wife has pinched the pen and taken it to work!!!

LOL.. sounds JUST like my wife!

 

[hilltopper46]

Great pen. Nice mod and a great looking wood on it.

 

[boxerman]

That's very cool pen. I like what you did to it.