The scream and a Bulls eye

[BigShed]

Some time ago I did my first ribbon casts and never did anything with them.

Was looking for some interesting blanks for a series of 6 bullet pens I was doing and came across them

One of them came up with an unexpected bonus, a bulls eye.
Rather appropriate for a bullet pen I thought.

Imagine my surprise when I looked at the other side, very much like Edvard Munch's The Scream, obviously scored a hit!

Here is the blank in question, third from left. The 6 blanks have been truned down to a couple of mm over the max size needed on my metal lathe, makes short, and accurate, work of things.

From left to right:

Black PR (own cast), Red PR (own cast), Bulls eye/Scream (own ribbon cast), Blue Dymond wood, Red Dymond wood, Jungle Camo PR (own cast)

 

[Dalecamino]

Fred , for some reason unknown to me , I only see little red x's .

 

[Dalecamino]

There we go ! Beauties my friend . Very nice work . What are the chances that circle would show up ?

 

[jleiwig]

all but one works for me Dale. I like it. I need to try some of those ribbon casts when I get set up for casting.

 

[BigShed]

Fred , for some reason unknown to me , I only see little red x's .

Took me a while to get the pictures loaded Charles, every time I do it I forget that this forum is different.

Should just do them from Photobucket, I get caught by these quick off the mark people every time:biggrin:

 

[BigShed]

There we go ! Beauties my friend . Very nice work . What are the chances that circle would show up ?

Wouldn't like to put a number on it, but it illustrates that you can't judge a book by its' cover. The blank in question is the bottom one in the first pic, would never have picked it. In fact I did those last November and they didn't excite me, so put them away!

all but one works for me Dale. I like it. I need to try some of those ribbon casts when I get set up for casting.

Justin, yes the whole casting thing is a blast! Ribbon casting has some challenges though, I have experienced some adhesion problems between the ribbons and the secondary cast at times.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Wow I really like how that turned out.

 

[traderdon55]

Perfect blank for a bullet pen. Great job.

 

[leehljp]

Great find. That is what makes a great pen turner - one who can find the way the pen is supposed to be! :biggrin:

 

[louisbry]

Very nice pens and it looks like you have gotten good at casting your own blanks.

 

[cnirenberg]

Fred,
What a score indeed. That bulleye is dead center. I like that camo cast. Can't wait to see it on a pen.

 

[cnirenberg]

Never mind, I just saw Chuck's (Dalecamino) cartidge pen using your camo blank. Fantastic.

 

[JohnU]

Nice job on the casts and pen. I like that camo blank also.

 

[PR_Princess]

Very cool!!... Like it!:good:

 

[VisExp]

That scream is awesome!!

 

[bitshird]

Nice to know I'm not the only one that uses a metal lathe on occasion, Nice ribbon blanks, very nice indeed.

 

[desertyellow]

Hard work
Great Skill
and a little luck
Tied up in a great looking set

 

[BigShed]

Thank you for your kind comments one and all!

Dawn, to get praise from a master (mistress?) caster is icing on the cake, thank you.

Yes, love doing the bulk of the work on the metal lathe, if I wasn't so busy doing other things I would have that tool rest made by now doing all my turning the metal lathe.

I will be posting the other 5 pens from this batch shortly, but I thought this pen deserved a thread on its' (unique) own.

 

[workinforwood]

They look real good Fred. I just don't care for the bulky gun clip.

 

[BigShed]

They look real good Fred. I just don't care for the bulky gun clip.

I think rifle clips are an acquired taste, when I started making bullet pens I didn't like them that much, but customers asked for them. Must admit they are starting to grow on me, particularly in chrome and copper.

As for bulky, hmm which of the 2 clips here is the bulkiest? One is a standard Streamline clip (Dayacom) the other is a rifle clip.

Even the standard slimline clip is bigger than the rifle clip, copper this time

 

[brokenbit]

Very cool
Question The nib looks great did you make them yourself

Bernie

 

[BigShed]

Very cool
Question The nib looks great did you make them yourself

Bernie

Thanks Bernie, they are .308 Hollow Point bullets (Sierra 155gr-used in target shooting). I drill them to take the Cross refill, as shown here or a Parker refill for different kits.

 

[Dalecamino]

Fred , you continue to amaze me with your variations my friend . Not sure which I like best .

 

[TurnaPen]

Fred, I had not seen this thread before, WOW, your getting gooder by the minute!!! Amos