How about a copper swirl cactus Jr. Statesman!

[MesquiteMan]

One more cactus pen for you guys! As you may be able to tell, this evening was picture taking time at the Seebeck house!

Anyway, here is a copper swirl prickly pear cactus Jr. Statesman. The blank looked much cooler before it was turned but I think it still turned out ok. It is more of a copper color than I could seem to capture in the picture. What do you think?

PS...I am not looking for a pat on the back. I would like your honest opinion on this rendition of the prickly pear cactus pen!

Close-up

 

[thetalbott4]

Outstanding! It almost looks like burl in the prickly cactus. I've got a big shovel and I'm diggin it.

 

[johncrane]

To be truthful Curtis l think its close too' One of the best you've done!just my 2cents worth.[]

 

[Jim15]

I think it is a beautiful pen.

 

[chigdon]

Now that is awesome!

 

[kent4Him]

Extremely nice. I can't wait to get mine.

 

[JDPens]

That looks really good!
The color reminds me of rust. (that's not bad)
Did I already say it looks really good? I could say it again. []

 

[PenWorks]

Patty, pat, pat.......
I agree, this color is outstanding []
The picture is none to shabby either []

 

[darbytee]

Curtis, I thought the black colored blanks were my favorites, but I think this one is even better. Excellent work.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

I like htis one better...still like the clear and black, though.

 

[Tangboy5000]

I thought you had outdone yourself on the blue one, but this is just amazing.

 

[TBone]

Curtis, I know I can't make pens or blanks as well as you, now I just want to be able to take pictures like you. Pictures, to me, are fantastic and the blank/pen is outstanding. How did you get the color? It looks like a mixture of wood and cactus.

 

[twoofakind]

Fantastic looking pen Curtis. Fit, finish, design, photo, color scheme. All top notch.
Andy

 

[Penmonkey]

I think it is ugly. To much red, need more cactus in it.

 

[emackrell]

Very cool pen! I think I like this one even better than the black ones. Keep the colors coming!

cheers Eileen [8D]

 

[gerryr]

Very nice, that's really slick.

 

[Skye]

Dang man, I'd say that one is probably my favorite one so far. As Eileen said, the black ones are now at the #2 spot!

 

[chitswood]

There you go!
I wasn't so sure about the blue one, the blue reminded me too much of hand paint, but this one is excellent!![]

 

[alamocdc]

That is one sweet looking pen, Curtis! I really like that look!

 

[broitblat]

I really like the overall visual texture. I like the way the colors in the swirl play off the lines of the cactus skeleton.

Maybe it's just an artifact of the photos, however, from the (first) picture, it appears as though the skeleton is not very noticeable on the "top" surface (under the clip). The figure there is also interesting by itself, but I guess I'd prefer more uniform skeleton or not-skeleton (does that make sense?), otherwise it looks like there are too many seperate things going on.

 

[seht]

I like it, but the red color looks flat on my pc, may be just me.

I like the vibrance of the blue one you made a little better. But certainly would be proud to show off either of these pens if they were in my posession.

 

[Ranic]

When will these be for sale?[]

 

[jahlg]

I think its very nice, how does one go about getting one of those tasty blanks??