jbthbt
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After seeing some of the the incredibly inspirational work done by Yo-yo Spin, I had a revelation. I was always so frustrated by the amount of beautiful texture that was lost in turning a pen out of antler, and I'm a huge sucker for a desk pen, so I found my happiness in combining those. These require a lot of off lathe work and some of it tends to be pretty dangerous and hard on the hands. I've tried many different methods of holding the tine while you drill it and aside from making a cast of each tine that you can clamp, holding them by hand has proven to be the most effective method for me.
They are surprisingly comfortable to write with. They seem a little bulky and you have to take great care to get the balance right when designing them. They are made from different combinations of mule deer, white tail, axis, and elk. These are just a few of the examples I've made, but they sell like hotcakes when you have the right crowd. Hope they serve to inspire someone else.
P.S. I apologize for the quality of the pictures. My wife has the tripod in the trunk of her car so I wasn't able to get the consistency I prefer.
They are surprisingly comfortable to write with. They seem a little bulky and you have to take great care to get the balance right when designing them. They are made from different combinations of mule deer, white tail, axis, and elk. These are just a few of the examples I've made, but they sell like hotcakes when you have the right crowd. Hope they serve to inspire someone else.
P.S. I apologize for the quality of the pictures. My wife has the tripod in the trunk of her car so I wasn't able to get the consistency I prefer.
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