Feathers - recovering from disaster

[Carl Fisher]

Design opportunity. I happened to have both solid white and solid black PR blocks in the shop for just these occasions. I think they recovered well enough.

 

[Cwalker935]

Great save. Both turned out very well. I really like the black one.

 

[MarkD]

Nice Save!!!

 

[mark james]

From the pictures I cannot see any seams/segments/glue lines!!!

Pretty nice recovery!

 

[SteveG]

I think that since you were already working with predominantly black and then white in the feather blanks, the "save" to go with replacement barrels using the solid black, then solid white was not only the appropriate choice, but also a choice that works well from a design standpoint. Both of the "saved" pens look as though that were the plan all along. I am glad for you, and you have two very nicely finished pens as a result.

 

[wyone]

those look PERFECT and PLANNED

 

[Carl Fisher]

Thanks all.

Mark, the feathers were not the repair but rather the other halves that didn't self destruct. Instead of having both upper and lower as feathers, I paired them up with solids to finish out the other half of the pen. I wish I were that good to claim to be able to repair feathers like that.

 

[Band Saw Box]

Great save, the finished pens are beautiful. Top notch work.

 

[Sprung]

Great save! Looks like you planned them that way all along. I especially like the black one.

 

[jondavidj]

awesome pens!

 

[tgsean]

Amazing save!! Would you like to tell us how you did it?

 

[Sandsini]

Great results! I think SteveG said it best, and I agree.

 

[birddog]

Great recovery!
My theory is, I don't care how bad I messed up,
But how I recover.

Excellent example of how this theory is applied.