Leather Slimline Pro

[faas]

Had a customer want to incorporate alligator leather into a pen. I decided to stack it into my normal leather blank. It was extremely soft so i could not do too much but you can see it shown as each of the dark lines in the blanks. BTW, the spot just above the center band is a bad spot in the leather, not the finish.

 

[Jim15]

Wow! That's great.

 

[bmcclellan]

ok that is just plain cool. Never thought about using leather

 

[thewishman]

Beautiful!

 

[bpgoldo]

Clint, first time i ever saw that done with gator skin. Looks amazing. Gonna start a new trend brother!

 

[faas]

Clint, first time i ever saw that done with gator skin. Looks amazing. Gonna start a new trend brother!

If i were to do one with more gator in it, i'd either have to find a different source or experiment with stabilizing. This stuff was entirely too soft, hence the reason I only used it a few pieces at a time.

Thank you all for the compliments!

 

[bobby73]

Awesome pen. Hope to one day make one similar.


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[OZturner]

Great Pen, Clinton.
Could you float CA into the soft leather above the Center Band, and then sand, so that it doesn't become so noticeable? - Just a Thought.
Excellent Work.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[faas]

Great Pen, Clinton.
Could you float CA into the soft leather above the Center Band, and then sand, so that it doesn't become so noticeable? - Just a Thought.
Excellent Work.
Congratulations,
Brian.

The entire thing was "soaked" with thin CA and sanded down twice. I then used BLO followed by my regular thin to medium CA finish. Its actually a discoloration in the piece of leather. I'm not sure if it was natural or caused by me... either way, it got to the point that I was not willing to take any additional material off so it had to stay.

 

[stuckinohio]

Looks great. I've been wanting to do a leather pen.

 

[Sataro]

Great looking pen!