A Different Leather Pen

[G1Pens]

I have something like 500 blanks in inventory, why I continue to create my own is beyond me. Guess it is part of the addiction.

This is a Gunmetal/Gold Sierra with a blank I made from leather. Everything I have seen has been layers of leather stacked, glued, drilled and turned. I wanted to try something different and came up with this.

I glued strips of leather to the tube then saturated it with thin CA and let it dry. I then turned it down to size and finished with CA. It has been MM'd to 12000 and then Ultrashine applied.

The pictures don't really do it justice. It has a great shine and is slick as glass. I tried to get the effect to come through in the shots, but it really looks better than the pictures show.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Katsin]

Nice! Tons of possibilities with dying and tooling.

 

[Robert Taylor]

very nice, great idea

 

[Atherton Pens]

Nice option for leather. I'll have to give this a try.

Just curious, how did you keep the edges of the strips from showing?

 

[G1Pens]

Here's another shot of the pen, although I don't know that it is any clearer.

 

[omb76]

Great looking pen! Wonder how it would look if you didn't put the CA finish on it after turning and could feel the natural leather. Might have a problem with durability, but could be interesting. Good job!

 

[65GTMustang]

I LIKE IT!
I have been interested in leather also -
I recently have been trying to work some Ostrich leather - I have been clear casting it and the reaction is browning the leather out. I am going to try the CA method.
I did the same thing with some regular scrap leather I found in the shop - I glued it up and then applied thin CA until it would not take anymore. That pen turned out ok, the finish does not sound as nice as yours - I need to work on that part too.

 

[simomatra]

Nice work Gary, I am like you have lots of blanks in inventory but still collect more and make more

It is the pen pox I am afraid

 

[Wingnut]

wow! thats kickin!