mrburls
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I finally decided to use a piece of this rare orange bakelite I got over a year ago from Ed and Dawn when they first started ExoticBlanks. I knew one day this would be some awsome material to use. Was saving for bottle stopper but got to thinking I would get much more dollar wise as a few pens. I hated to waste the 1 1/2" blank for just one pen so decided to cut in half length wise to make two blanks :biggrin: Two pens, twice the money, right See the picture below how I spilt blank. Ended up with an 11/16" dia. blank from one half. Big enough for an Emperor if I'm careful right. Tried the drilled out blank over one of the Emperor cap fittings and all that was needed was a bit of sanding Talk about cutting it close and possibly wasting a great blank just to make a few extra bucks on a second pen.
This is the only orange bakelite I've seen since doing pens out of bakelite for awhile now. I was floored by the amount of white swirl throught the blank. I am very well pleased with this one. I may try another with a Imperial or Lotus kit that has the brushed satin finished appointments to see how that looks with the orange.
Keith "mrburls"
This is the only orange bakelite I've seen since doing pens out of bakelite for awhile now. I was floored by the amount of white swirl throught the blank. I am very well pleased with this one. I may try another with a Imperial or Lotus kit that has the brushed satin finished appointments to see how that looks with the orange.
Keith "mrburls"