mhbeauford
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Jr Gent with a weave type inlay. Second pen I have made with this kind of inlay. Inlay is a 5 layer veneer and slots are 3/32 ".
Jr. Gent with weave inlay
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ctubbs
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A beautiful pen and an amazing blank. I have no idea about how one of those would be made or the amount of time involved. Great work on both.
Charles
Charles
Super blank, share how you do that?
tkbarron
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Beautiful!
Tom
Tom
mhbeauford
Member
See the one I posted earlier. I put in a fair amount of detail on how I made it. It's a single on an Elegant Beauty. If that's not a enough let me know, I have no secrets! BTW the blank ended up 5/8 " round. I thought that was going to be too thin to drill, so I wrapped it with nylon cord, like chalk line cord, and soaked it in thin CA and then turned BTC to 3/4 ". Then drilled with a collet chuck. Had no blow out or cracks with this method.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/weave-twist-whatever-98214/
GaryMGg
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Martin,
That's stunning. Fitting timing as it's nearly Eagle's birthday.
That's stunning. Fitting timing as it's nearly Eagle's birthday.
OKLAHOMAN
Member
I've said this about your weave before, the big bird above is smiling down on this post. I thank you for showing us........Btw if you're still coming on the 23rd to the Oklahoma get together please bring this....pretty please.
IPD_Mr
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Eagle would be tickled to death to know you found your own way of doing this. Well done.
Andrew_K99
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The only thing I don't like about it is the kit choice, it doesn't do the blank justice! Great job!
AK
AK
toyotaman
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Amazing job on this pen. It looks great.
Bowl Slinger
Member
Pure craftsmanship!
SDB777
Member
Ahh, hmmm, errr, not sure how to describe this? WOW and OUTSTANDING just doesn't quite cover it.
You must be a very patient person to bend those strips....even with a jig.
Scott (where the bowing smilie guy thing) B
You must be a very patient person to bend those strips....even with a jig.
Scott (where the bowing smilie guy thing) B
mhbeauford
Member
Thanks, This was my first try at doing this kind of blank, I learned a lot, didn't know how well it would turn out. Next time will be better!
BTW, what kits would you recommend for this kind of blank? For best presentation the blank needs to be designed for specific diameters of finished truning.
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mrcook4570
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Outstanding work! The colors and designs are a real eye-catcher.
avbill
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eagle is smiling today!
Pen_Turner
Member
WOW!!
johncrane
Member
Love your pen and work well done Martin! :biggrin:
Andrew_K99
Member
I'm sure you'll get 100 answers but IMO any kit without the black plastic threads (they scream cheap to me) will work. For a capped pen you could look at the Jr. Gent II or Jr. Statesmen. For single barrel the Sierra Elegent Beauty or similar. There are lots of options but I think that a fantastic blank that has so much work into it deserves a fitting kit.
AK
bitshird
Member
It's refreshing to see this level of work again, it's been a while and there are so few that can make it happen,. Bravo!!!
tim self
Member
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was Eagle. Amazing Martin and please bring this to the meeting.