Two latest slimlines - unusual materials

[CameronPotter]

Hi,

Here are my two latest pens.

One is horn (my first), the other is...

Well, I'll let you guess (shouldn't be too hard).

Cam

 

[JimGo]

Both are pretty cool Cam. Can't wait to hear about the top pen!

 

[gerryr]

Nice work, the pens look good. The background is very distracting. Try using a solid neutral color background and if you put the pens parallel, you can get a smaller picture with bigger pens.

 

[CameronPotter]

Thanks guys.

As for the photo, I started off trying to get photos against a dark blue cloth background, but the pens metal parts flared and you couldn't see any detail, thus I looked around for something else.

As for why I put them at angles, the two pens are necessarily complementary - so I wanted some space between them so they were compared directly.

Still waiting for a guess on the material though. I will post it in a few days if it isn't guessed by then.

 

[PenPauli]

Looks like a mood pen!

 

[CameronPotter]

What is a mood pen? Like a mood ring only a pen?

Well, it is not stone.

I made the substance myself.

 

[Dario]

What I want to know is...what wood is that on the background??? Good stealth gloat [}][]

 

[CameronPotter]

The wood in the background is eucalyptus burl. I made it as a board for my mother.

It seems that no wood is quite so keen to burl as a eucalypt...

Thanks for notcing the stealth gloat too![]

 

[angboy]

It's not some kind of dymondwood??

 

[CameronPotter]

Right kind of idea, but no. The layers are thinner than Dymondwood I reckon. Also, I made this at home - I am not set up to make Dymondwood (or anything of the like).

Cam

 

[CameronPotter]

I have decided to say (as it was guessed on another forum). It is made from compressed resin impregnated fibres (Micarta is the trade name).

I have written a brief how to here:
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?p=282146#post282146

I can repost it here as well if people want - or even clean it up as an article when it is finished, although I am far from an expert.

Cam