Prairie Rattlesnake Skin Navigator

[B Wo]

This was my first attempt at casting prairie rattlesnake skin navigator/baron blanks. I'm pretty pleased with the pen. I like the shape and I think the cast blanks turned out well. The alignment is fairly accurate. There is room for improvement, but this was a lot of fun to make. My photography still leaves room for improvement. Thanks for looking. C & C welcome.

 

[Super Dave]

Great Job

Dave

 

[islandturner]

An outstanding pen, blank, and photography. Well done....!

 

[GeneL74]

That is a real beauty!

 

[MikeL]

Very nice! I have looked for snake skin blanks and they seem hard to find.

 

[seamus7227]

Very well done for a first timer!

 

[its_virgil]

I agree with Seamus...very nice first cast. You sure got a lot of splotches on both the barrel and cap. That's a nice piece of skin also.
Dugout a good turn daily!
Don

Very well done for a first timer!

 

[bruce119]

Looks nice to me...:wink:
Great looking skin...Looks like it was close to the tail...:tongue:
Looks like you got the cast real good also...
The ends of thew tubes look nice and clean (usually that is where a flaw will develop)

GREAT JOB :biggrin::biggrin:

 

[B Wo]

Thank you all for the words of encouragement.

I went to the zoo with my girlfriend this last weekend, and, while in the reptile house, I kept thinking what fantastic looking pens the various snake species would make, haha :hypnotized:

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Nice pen. I've been trying to get casting the snake skins down ever since I saw the first one years ago. Great job.