One Fine Cigar Pen

[timcbs]

Hi All,

My wife is always telling me my pens look like Cigars, I guess this time she is right.

Roller Ball Pen Specs.
.600 Round
Capped 5" 1/8
Uncapped 4" 5/8
Weight 25 Grams

Made from Teak Burl, the End of a Pine Cone Blank and a Cigar Band.
Finnish is 4 Coats of CA and not polished.

All comments are welcome

 

[jimm1]

That's awesome.

 

[PaulDoug]

Very nice job.

 

[MartinPens]

Nice Cigar

Hey, that looks familiar. I like how you did yours. Much less of a step-down from the body to the fitting. I'm working on another one now. Did you place the label on top of the CA finish or underneath?

In case you haven't seen the one I did,
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=63240

Great job.

Martin

 

[boxerman]

Very cool pen.

 

[Freethinker]

Wow..........I read the "One fine pen" intro and was a bit skeptical...........but that IS an extremely nice pen.

Congrats on a beautiful piece of work.

 

[feron]

Pretty cool!!
GJ!

 

[CV Wood]

Good looking pen. Good Job.

 

[timcbs]

Thanks All, for the kind words and Martin the pen you made is GREAT, on the Finnish I used 2 coats placed on top of the wood with a paper towel and then placed the Cigar Band on top, put Mod Podge on top of the band and then more coats of CA. if you use the Mod Podge it will not let the CA eat the paper.

 

[Pen_Turner_297]

That looks good

 

[maxman400]

VERY NICE, Great looking Pen.

 

[ToddMR]

I like the detail you put in this including the pit in the top of the cap. Nicely executed on this one.

 

[Bree]

Great job! I think the teak burl was an excellent choice. It looks terrific.
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[mbroberg]

Love it!!

 

[Jgrden]

Fantastic

 

[thewishman]

It's a boy!!!

Very well done. Love the ash end - it's a very nice touch

 

[wizard]

Wow...now that's unique!! Looks great !!

 

[MartinPens]

modge podge

Thanks All, for the kind words and Martin the pen you made is GREAT, on the Finnish I used 2 coats placed on top of the wood with a paper towel and then placed the Cigar Band on top, put Mod Podge on top of the band and then more coats of CA. if you use the Mod Podge it will not let the CA eat the paper.

Thanks for the tip. Right now I still like the non-glossy look of finishing with tung oil. But when I finish with the next couple I will try a high gloss version with the label under the ca glue. Adding the clip on the cap end is presenting me with a lot of challenges.

Martin

 

[timcbs]

Hidden clips are easy, just give me a call and I will tell you how I do them 714.309.1444, check out eBay Item number: 200491835022

 

[Dan26]

Love it! Excellent idea and craftsmanship.

Dan