Water Snake

[workinforwood]

I skinned it, tanned it and glued it on the tubes then sent them to Roy AKA Oklahoman, and he cast them. It's raining out, so hard to get a great lit pic, but here's an El Grande. It has more color than it might look. It's mostly black with greyish stripes and brown patches in the center of the black diamond areas. I like it, it's richer looking than a rattlesnake which has a very rugged look, not as charismatic as a Ball python. No matter what though, it looks better as a pen than it does crawling across the yard...smells better too!

 

[DKF]

That is great....and the best part is the fact that you took care of the snake part!

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Jeff, Looks good from here, just wish the picture was lighter as the skins looked great when you sent them, the scientific name for the Northern watersnake found in your part of the country I think is
N. s. pleuralis. BTW how was the PR to turn, It was pouring rain all week when I cast them.

 

[PaulDoug]

I'd sure like to see it better. Can you take another picture if it quits raining in 40 days?

 

[gwilki]

Jeff

I hope you don't mind, but I was dying to see the colours, so I punched it up a bit. If it doesn't resemble the pen in real life, I apologize.

 

[karlkuehn]

I like the darker colors, too. Wow, from creepy slinky thing to a beautiful pen! Nice work.

 

[Firefyter-emt]

"Ya see this, I killed this snake and turned his carcas into a pen... Don't mess with me!"

Awesome pen, with one heck of a story!

 

[JohnU]

Great looking pen Jeff, by the way... my dog is missing. Have you seen him?

 

[workinforwood]

That's my next pen, John. Cut me off on my bike and I'll have enough leather to make 300 pens!
But seriously, thanks Grant..that looks far closer to realistic. You did some magic somehow. My favorite animal pen though has to be about a year back when someone took a plain old bic and wrapped some animal fur around it for a pen swap. The story was the greatest part, the picture was hilarious.

 

[Ligget]

That is one beautiful skin, great pen![]

 

[bitshird]

Great looking pen, I'll bet turning it on an El Grande brought up the pucker factor quite a bit.[8D][8D]