RichF
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I have not done very much segmenting work, so I decided that it was time to do a little practice to improve my skills. Since this was practice, I decided to use some of the unused pine I had left over from the PITH purchase. (I know, I know, I must be crazy to use pine, but I enjoyed the challenge. Besides it is a cheap and readily available practice material.)
The pine is a single knot cut into two halves, and then segmented together with brass and some red bakelite scrap cutoffs that I thought would complement the coloring in the pine knots. I fought a bit with the blank to get it drilled and tubed. The pen is a modified cigar based on Jeff Powell's tutorial from the library. I have done several of these modified cigars recently, and really like the way they look.
I am not 100% certain that I am satisfied with the finial end, but I think that it will grow on me. After I assembled the pen, realized the black band from the cigar kit had to go, so I turned a replacement. I just wish I had thought of the black band issue earlier so I wouldn't have done the segment of on the nib end of the blank.
Overall, I am happy with the results, and I definitely learned a lot that will help in the future. All comments welcomed.
The pine is a single knot cut into two halves, and then segmented together with brass and some red bakelite scrap cutoffs that I thought would complement the coloring in the pine knots. I fought a bit with the blank to get it drilled and tubed. The pen is a modified cigar based on Jeff Powell's tutorial from the library. I have done several of these modified cigars recently, and really like the way they look.
I am not 100% certain that I am satisfied with the finial end, but I think that it will grow on me. After I assembled the pen, realized the black band from the cigar kit had to go, so I turned a replacement. I just wish I had thought of the black band issue earlier so I wouldn't have done the segment of on the nib end of the blank.
Overall, I am happy with the results, and I definitely learned a lot that will help in the future. All comments welcomed.
