First pen to post

[TungOilTim]

Hi all,
After joining and seeing the nice pens all of you have made, I've been reluctant to post any of my own. This is the first I feel good enough about to post. It is a gold and gunmetal Cigar pen with a Marinara Rhino pen blank. This is one of my first acrylics, but I can tell how well these pen blanks turn, very easy. Also, this is the first pen that I have turned between centers. I crafted the dead center and bushings myself using a metal lathe, and undersized the bushings so I relied on calipers alone for the sizing. I feel this gave a really good custom fit to the pen, with the components matching up well. Please let me know what you think, I'm very open to critiques. Thanks for looking.
Tim

 

[EarlD]

It's obviously not your first pen. Looks very nice.
Earl

 

[MarkD]

Looks Great! Nice Finish! No reason not to post pictures anymore!

 

[minus459]

Nice workkkkkkkkkkkk, really good, welcome to the madness. Fit and finish look good to me.

Peter

 

[Daniel]

Sweeet! fantastic job, amazing capture of the finish as well.

 

[RustySplinters]

Good on you! I have yet to have taken the leap to turn between centers! Looks great and the finish is awesome.

 

[G1Pens]

Nice work. Keep the pictures coming. Your work is great.

 

[JimB]

Great job. The finish looks excellent. Keep posting the pics.

 

[ToddMR]

Very nicely done. That blank is one of my favorites to turn. It has such a nice rich red color. It really looks like you did a nice job.

 

[rizaydog]

Very nice job.

 

[corian king]

Very nice work!

 

[CSue]

Thats a beautiful pen! Great finish. And I have to say I really like the little accent curve you have down by the tip.

 

[joeatact]

Nice looking pen. Like the color and shine.