Originally posted by Old Griz
<br />Very classy looking... not sure if I would own it because I am not into mixed media, but a classy pen that is well executed and is sure to find a good home
Let us know how the snakewood holds up and did you do anything different when you made it to help alleviate the possibility of splitting.
Tom,
I am convinced that the Snakewood cracking is caused by all of the issues that we have hashed out here before (Heat, Press fit pressure etc). For some reason, on the Baron's I have found that the cap is where I get my cracking if there are to be cracks. Actually, this pen is the remnant of the first Snakewood that I posted up a while ago where the cap cracked. This pen has had about 3 different designs. One plastic with a snakewood band, which did not look right, real snakeskin resin cap, which was my attempt at two snakes colliding. No go either. Finally all black with the Platinum that was originally on the kit. The final result was this one. So this body is actually from the original pen and has been dissassembled too many times while holding my breath. That pen was made about 3.5 months ago. Still in good shape. But to answer your question, I will likely open up the tubes to allow for a soft press fit with a small amount of thin CA for final assembly on my future snakewoods. I have two 3/4" snakewood blanks left. Too beautiful of a wood not to try. Also, the enduo finish might help as it does not require the heat generated by the CA. Still haven't had time to try that stuff.
P.S.
This was the other wood / plastic that I made a while back. I have had requests for several similar since then. I make what my repeat customers tell me the like...
Thanks for all the comments, both positive and negative!
Fangar
