Orange Peel Sierra

[Dai Sensei]

Orange quadrants dried in the dehydrator, glued together with orange tinted epoxy, then stabilized with Cactus Juice.

If it had worked I was going to make matching lemon and lime pens too, but it doesn't really impress me.

Cheers

 

[cacardon]

I think it looks awesome! It's different.

 

[SDB777]

Cool cross-cut orange blank!!! I'd say go for the others and sell them as a set! Outside of the box thinking......yup.







Scott (can't push him in a corner) B

 

[wood-of-1kind]

That's pretty "sweet". Great effort.

 

[Joe S.]

Do a lime! It's really cool, plus it's one of those "it's actually made from..." blanks.

 

[CharlesJohnson]

Great looking pen.I'm looking forward to seeing the others.thanks for showing.

 

[Robert111]

Probably look better if there were less of it--ever try segmenting? Combine it with black or something?

 

[Katsin]

Impressive! Maybe if you used some dye to pump up the color that is lost in the casting and bring it back closer to the original fruit color (brighter). If more of the bright color was there I think a matched lemon/lime/orange set would look great.

 

[watch_art]

THAT'S AWESOME!! I'd buy a few if you made the blanks to sell.

 

[Jim Burr]

Are you kiding me!? These are nothing but amazing!! I'm with Joe...it's lime time!!

 

[NotURMailman]

I think it's awesome!

Maybe one with a combination of all three...

 

[bruce119]

That's COOL​

!!!NICE JOB!!!​

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[AKPenTurner]

Great idea! Good looking pen!

 

[Curly]

Zesty!

 

[InvisibleMan]

How in the world does a person think of something like that? Very cool! Definitely need lemon and lime.

 

[Scott.tudhope]

I love it!! When will you be selling these?

 

[Dai Sensei]

Wow, thanks for the replies, here i was thinking it was only so so :redface:.

Maybe i will look into the others or perhaps a combined one. I actually wanted the peel to be curved so i got a wave action going, but as it was pressed during the glue-up, I lost it. Next time i might try folding the quadrants before they dry, to give a more consistent curved shape to the peel.

Sorry guys, I can't see this one becoming a comercial venture, too much work involved. But that is what I say about a lot of blanks I make :biggrin:

Cheers

 

[philb]

Looks great! Sounds pretty labour intensive to make though.
Did you cast it after stabilizing or CA finish it, or just stabilized and turned?

 

[walshjp17]

Fruitopia! Gotta think these would be big in FL and CA or other places where citrus is king. Work a deal with the big citrus growers to feature the pens in their gift shops ; >)

 

[mwhatch]

SWEET! I to would like to see a "citrus set".

Morton

 

[Rodnall]

Sorry but I have to say it! That pen is very aPEELing!

 

[hewunch]

What if you put them at a bias instead of "crosscut"

 

[panamag8or]

I've had a couple of ideas for dehydrated orange peels, now I have some motivation!

 

[Joe S.]

Sorry but I have to say it! That pen is very aPEELing!

>.<

 

[Mike D]

I think it looks cool. Way to think outside the box! I may have to try this.

 

[Penl8the]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing.

 

[MartinPens]

Oh my gosh! That is really awesome. I think I would bite as well if they were offered for sale. Sounds like a lot of work to get one together and ready for turning. Congrats on a fantastic pen. I would have saved that one for a Bash entry! : )

 

[Dai Sensei]

Looks great! Sounds pretty labour intensive to make though.
Did you cast it after stabilizing or CA finish it, or just stabilized and turned?

Yes very time consuming, hence why i wouldn't be selling them. They are dried, then glued, then stabilized. CA finish.

What if you put them at a bias instead of "crosscut"

Agreed, I think it would be better, I was aiming for a wavey shape with curved peel but it flattened out when i glued it up.