Mixing Bowl

[wizard]

Made it this A.M. I got this cool looking blank called Mixing Bowl, another Jeff Powell fun creation, from Exotics. Put it on Black Ti Jr. Gentleman Rollerball components. It was neat to watch while turning on the lathe...almost like a kaleidoscope. Comments welcome but most of all thanks for looking. Doc

 

[Drstrangefart]

Interesting.

 

[RustySplinters]

That's a really fun pen. I like it

 

[wizard]

Interesting.

Allan, That was the exact thought I had when I saw it...and then I wondered... ....would be interesting if Jeff were finding a use for pen blanks gone awry, chopping them into pieces and throwing them into black resin in a mixing bowl. :wink:. Nevertheless, I think it's a fun looking pen. Doc

 

[David Keller]

I like this, Doc. Jeff really does some fantastic stuff, but so do you. Kudos.

 

[nava1uni]

It reminds me of Bruce's bowling ball blanks. Nice with the metal selection.

 

[George Watkins]

wow thats a very eye catching pen- great job

 

[mountainrocker]

I love it! At a glance it looks like shredded sunday comic strips, great job

 

[workinforwood]

Interesting.

Allan, That was the exact thought I had when I saw it...and then I wondered... ....would be interesting if Jeff were finding a use for pen blanks gone awry, chopping them into pieces and throwing them into black resin in a mixing bowl. :wink:. Nevertheless, I think it's a fun looking pen. Doc

You think I was recycling scraps? :biggrin: of course I was! That's why the blanks were so cheap too..they look cool and they actually take a lot more work to make than you'd think, but at the same time, it's mindless work just chopping thin scraps into little squarish shapes and then cleaning them all and casting them back together but it takes less resin to do so and its nice to recover any thin strips left over from other things rather than just trashing them. If anything it probably was inspired by Bruce's bowling ball blanks...I don't doubt he was in my subconscious when I started making this little batch of blanks. I wouldn't make these for a living, but like any penturner I don't want to see anything just tossed away either.

I really think that's a cool pen too Doc! I like all the strange colors and shapes smashed together like that, it's a fun looking pen and perfect for a person with colorful personality.