The Hunter

[splinter99]

Made a batch of shell casing pens today. This one is orange dyed curly maple with 308 segments. I think this may be a good seller. The other one is Kingwood.

comments welcomed, thanks for looking

 

[maxman400]

Nice Job, Pens Look Great.

 

[Jim15]

Those are great.

 

[chris63]

how do you split the casing??

 

[splinter99]

Chris63..I put them in a chuck on the lathe to hold them, then use a high speed air cut off tool (about $7.00 at Harbor freight) I also have used an angle grinder with a cut off wheel. Then I put the segment back in the chuck with the cut side out, and with the lathe running, use a file to clean and square it up

 

[Frank Nemke sr]

The spilt casing looks real good. First one I've seen like that

 

[CSue]

Hey! I like those pens! I'm geerally not fond of pens that use casings. But, geez! these two are classy.

 

[bkersten]

The Kingwood looks good with the brass, as would any other dark wood I believe.

 

[artme]

They have come up very well!

 

[DennisM]

Beautiful pens! I am not a big fan of shell casings pens, because most have always looks just unbalanced in my mind, BUT that split casing is perfect! if oyu want to ever sell a couple kits like that, let me know..

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Awesome looking pens!

Robin

 

[splinter99]

DennisM..pm sent

 

[Jgrden]

These look great. How did you square off the ends of the brass and the curly.

 

[splinter99]

Jgrden. After I cut off the segments with the cut off tool, I reverse them and square them up with a file

 

[its_virgil]

You've made a couple of nice pens, and shown us pictures. I'll bet you've made more than a couple. Nice work and thanks for sharing. One other comment, loose the kit "nib" and add a real bullet for a look that is hard to beat for a shell case/bullet pen. Thanks again for adding to the forum and keep up the good work.

Do a good turn daily!
Don

Made a batch of shell casing pens today. This one is orange dyed curly maple with 308 segments. I think this may be a good seller. The other one is Kingwood.

comments welcomed, thanks for looking