Violet Prickly Pear Cactus FP.

[Jim in Oakville]

Hey Guys...been turning...


This is a violet blank I bought from Curtis here at IAP. I have been making the El Toro with his cactus blanks now for almost a year and selling them through a local gallery with positive success.

The photographs don’t pick up the colour very well unfortunately.[V]

The tubes were scuffed then painted with some colour matched nail polish that my daughter helped me pick out, glued with epoxy. The final finish is CA buffed out with Micro Mesh and scratch remover.

Thanks Curtis, this one will be in the gallery on Monday.

 

[Darley]

Nice one Jim, like this El Toro,

 

[Dalecamino]

Really nice Cactus ! Well done Jim ! [8D]

 

[MesquiteMan]

Nice! I hope you sell it quickly! You do know that you are the first one to turn that color, don't you? I have not even made one with it.

 

[Ligget]

Awesome penturning Jim, those are beautiful blanks that Curtis casts, worth every penny/cent![]

 

[VisExp]

Very nice looking pen, I like that cactus blank.

 

[LanceD]

Great job Jim. I had Curtis make me a couple of violet ones about a year ago and have yet to turn them.

 

[gerryr]

Nice pen. Violet and purple are both really difficult colors to get right in a photo.

 

[airrat]

Pen looks great, nice colors.

 

[wm460]

hi great idea. should harvest those beastly prickly pears. good market for them.

 

[Tanner]

That's a great looking pen! The El Toro is really growing on me. Posting the cap does not make it look too long. That one will be sold as soon as it hits the gallery.

 

[bitshird]

Very nice pen, I'm starting to like the El Toro, [][]

 

[gwilki]

Beautiful workmanship, Jim. Good to see you back.

 

[Don_Hart]

great looking pen.

 

[Freethinker]

Originally posted by Jim in Oakville

Hey Guys...been turning....this one will be in the gallery on Monday.

Beautiful pen. Love the color.

If it isn't too forward, might I ask what something like that sells for in Oakville?

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Thanks again All,

It's in the gallery as of last week.

What do I sell it for, as Much as I feel comfortable selling them for..

Usually with a blank that I consider a priemium material and using rhodium or better plating I use a factor of about 4 or 5 times my material costs.