Finally finished these two

[Atherton Pens]

Olivewood fountain pen as a gift for a long-time, very good friend.

First attempt at a cigar. Not real pleased with the "ash" but it was more for "proof of concept". Cigar is from slimline parts with the nib embedded in the "ash". Main "cigar" is a from a salesman's sample of "thermally modified" ASH from Eco Vantage.

Olivewood is sanded to 600, 6-layers of CA/BLO, then MM to 12K.
Cigar is sanded to 400, about 12-15-coats of CA/BLO (to cover the band) then MM finished to 3200. Didn't want it to shinny.

Comments and suggestions welcomed.

 

[boxerman]

Very nice pens. I think you did a excellent job on the cigar.

 

[johncrane]

Very nice work Gary!

 

[G1Pens]

Both pens are first class. I think the cigar pen looks great.

 

[simomatra]

Looking good Gary

 

[wiset1]

While you may not be 100% pleased with the cigar pen I can tell you that it looks amazing and would be welcomed if you wanted to send it my way ;-)