kyaggie
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Howdy all,
A longtime friend is doing Civil War reenactments and as sutler she wanted wooden dip pens to have a more authentic presentation. She asked me to make her a couple and after some searching I found a source of good nibs and a source for some nib holder inserts so to the lathe I went. Ya' gotta' go slow and easy as you get down to a 7" long piece of wood that tapers from ~7/16" down to 1/8"-3/16"!
Here is what I came up with. I did the white oak one first since oak is so strong and forgiving and then I did the claro walnut one. The walnut was a lot less forgiving and I was too aggressive on my first try and it exploded on me. Lesson learned.
They are sanded to 1000, soaked in walnut oil and then finished with 5 coats of Craft Coat (after the Craft Coat had cured for ~15 minutes they were "buffed" with a blue paper shop towel to smooth them out).
Mike
A longtime friend is doing Civil War reenactments and as sutler she wanted wooden dip pens to have a more authentic presentation. She asked me to make her a couple and after some searching I found a source of good nibs and a source for some nib holder inserts so to the lathe I went. Ya' gotta' go slow and easy as you get down to a 7" long piece of wood that tapers from ~7/16" down to 1/8"-3/16"!
Here is what I came up with. I did the white oak one first since oak is so strong and forgiving and then I did the claro walnut one. The walnut was a lot less forgiving and I was too aggressive on my first try and it exploded on me. Lesson learned.
They are sanded to 1000, soaked in walnut oil and then finished with 5 coats of Craft Coat (after the Craft Coat had cured for ~15 minutes they were "buffed" with a blue paper shop towel to smooth them out).
Mike
