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[wdcav1952]

Here are a couple of pictures of pens I recently finished.

The dip pen is snakewood with African blackwood for the nib holder section. The finish is lacquer. I only drilled a little bit past the blackwood into the snakewood hoping to minimiize the potential for cracking.

The second photo is of a couple of cartridge pens with axis antler using copper kits. The cartridges are lightly buffed and then powder coated with the intent of showing that they actually have been fired. The cartridges are 30/06.

All comments welcome.

 

[karlkuehn]

Beautiful finish on the snake, Cav! Nice idea with the blackwood tip, and only drilling as far as you need to. I've yet to touch snakewood with a ten foot pole, but I do have some finished gaboon barrels that I need to get 'creative' with. Stupid cracks.

 

[Ligget]

Lovely pens Cav, the Snakewood is beautiful![]

 

[VisExp]

The dip pen is beautiful! I really like the combination of the snakewood with the blackwood nib holder. Nice idea.

 

[BRobbins629]

Love the snakewood. A classy pen.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I really like the dip pen. Good luck with the snakewood.
Cartridges are fine also.

 

[wdcav1952]

Originally posted by Rifleman1776

I really like the dip pen. Good luck with the snakewood.
Cartridges are fine also.

Thanks Frank. I only drilled far enough into the snakewood to strengthen the joint between the blackwood and the snakewood. That way, most of the snakewood is solid. I hope that will convince it not to crack. (Where is the fingers crossed smilie?)

 

[constamj]

great set. The dip pen amazing.

 

[bitshird]

Nice pens Cav. I hope the snakewood stays crack free, not drilling it deep and using the blackwood seems like an excellent idea.

 

[johnnycnc]

Extremely nice on all,
the snakewood looks fantastic.[8D]

 

[fernhills]

Hi, Like the Cartridge pens,i especially like the action at center band. I never done a Dip Pen yet so i don`t know what good is,but it looks good,thats for sure

 

[alamocdc]

Nice work, Cav. Was it your intent to make the finial of the dip somewhat resemble the rattle end of a Rattler? That's the first thing I thought of.

 

[wdcav1952]

Billy, I wish I could claim credit for the idea. I was just looking for an embellishment for the end of the pen. One of my assistants told me what a neat idea rattles were for the end of a snakewood pen. Unfortunately my answer was "Huh?" Let's call it a fortuitous design opportunity. [8D]

 

[ed4copies]

Originally posted by wdcav1952

Billy, I wish I could claim credit for the idea. I was just looking for an embellishment for the end of the pen. One of my assistants told me what a neat idea rattles were for the end of a snakewood pen. Unfortunately my answer was "Huh?" Let's call it a fortuitous design opportunity. [8D]

I believe that is spelled "d-u-m-b --- l-u-c-k"

 

[ed4copies]

On a more serious note, the concept of using snakewood in an area you can leave "hole-less" is PRETTY SMART, Cav. Was it Nancy's idea???

Have you tried it before?
Does anyone have experience with this "tactic"? May be a way to use the beauty of snakewood without the "downside risk" that happens to everyone but Lou!!

Seriously, NICE pen!!!

 

[wdcav1952]

Ed, Nancy could not care less about my penturning, which perhaps needless to say is a bit of an aggravant to me. (I know you didn't know that, and weren't taking a shot at me.) So, the idea was mine, and we will see how it turns out.

 

[ed4copies]

<center>Actually,

NO

it WAS a shot!

I'll aim more carefully next time.</center>

 

[Sylvanite]

Nice job on all. It looks like you cut down the case neck on the top cartridge pen. I like the blackwood grip on the dip pen as well - very sharp!

 

[gerryr]

The dip pen is drop-dead gorgeous.

 

[Dan_F]

The dip pen looks fabulous, love the "rattles" on the tail. Stellar job.

 

[Tanner]

Really cool looking dip pen!! Your cartridge pens look great too! They're always among my favorites.

 

[loglugger]

Nice going, I am going to steal your center band idea on the cartridge pens,I like that.
Bob

 

[jwoodwright]

Nice work.