Brooks803
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Took a while to finish up but I finally got'er done. This is a Jr. Majestic that will become the desk pen of our doctor who will be delivering our daughter any day now. She has already recieved her click pen, but we wanted her to have something nice to keep at home without much risk of losing it to coworkers or patients. The blank is one of my own castings that was reverse painted twice. First with turquoise (which you can see much of throughout the pen) and then with black. The black was just to make sure the brass wouldn't show bc the turquoise was a bit thin when applying. You can see a bit of where it missed on the cap around the clip. I chose these colors for the blank bc our doctor was always wearing something (shoes, blouses, jewelry) with these in it. I also replaced the clear crystal in the clip with a handturned one. I went with a bright green for it's the birthstone color for August and my daugther will be here any day now.
On top of our baby being born any day now we're ALSO closing on our new house either tomorrow or Tuesday (depends on last min paperwork and baby coming). Our relator has worked her butt off helping make this happen for the past 3-4 months! She's also a good friend so she's getting this Gold Ti Stretch FP. The blank is another one of mine, and it is a pain in the _ _ _ to photograph! One thing I did after turning to help bring out the subtle coloring is to put on a satin finish instead of a high gloss. I've found it helps the undertones really shine. It was weird while first sanding it. Since I cross-sand after every grit I was noticing how great it was looking at first, but as I got higher up with the MM it was losing it's glow but gaining shine. So I dulled it back down and here you have it. I put on a nice Bock nib and she writes beautifully! Bought some pink ink to add with the pen (her fav color) but I'll also give her some black or blue for official documents
Oh, and sorry for the not so great pics! Like I mentioned earlier...it was a pain!
Lastly is one I made just for the fun of it. I had the blank prepared for over a month now, but now that I'm finally able to do a small bit of turning I knocked it out with the others. It's a Black Ti Aero again with one of my blanks. Reverse painted black. Another difficult pen to photograph! I didn't do a great job cleaning off all the lil fuzzy's on this one :redface:
Thanks for looking! As always comments/critiques are welcomed and appreciated!
On top of our baby being born any day now we're ALSO closing on our new house either tomorrow or Tuesday (depends on last min paperwork and baby coming). Our relator has worked her butt off helping make this happen for the past 3-4 months! She's also a good friend so she's getting this Gold Ti Stretch FP. The blank is another one of mine, and it is a pain in the _ _ _ to photograph! One thing I did after turning to help bring out the subtle coloring is to put on a satin finish instead of a high gloss. I've found it helps the undertones really shine. It was weird while first sanding it. Since I cross-sand after every grit I was noticing how great it was looking at first, but as I got higher up with the MM it was losing it's glow but gaining shine. So I dulled it back down and here you have it. I put on a nice Bock nib and she writes beautifully! Bought some pink ink to add with the pen (her fav color) but I'll also give her some black or blue for official documents
Oh, and sorry for the not so great pics! Like I mentioned earlier...it was a pain!
Lastly is one I made just for the fun of it. I had the blank prepared for over a month now, but now that I'm finally able to do a small bit of turning I knocked it out with the others. It's a Black Ti Aero again with one of my blanks. Reverse painted black. Another difficult pen to photograph! I didn't do a great job cleaning off all the lil fuzzy's on this one :redface:
Thanks for looking! As always comments/critiques are welcomed and appreciated!
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