Civil War Pen Ideas

[medemt]

I have searched the site for Civil War theme pens and it seems there are not many ideas out there other than the Cival War bullet pens. Does anyone else have ideas for a Cival War theme pen?

Are there any really nice kits out there with this theme?

Would appreciate the feedback.

Dan

 

[sbell111]

Any pen made out of historic wood with a civil war tie in.

 

[BKelley]

Dan,

A couple of days ago I posted a picture of a pen that has a War Between the States theme. It was a Wall Street II with wood from The Confederate section of Stone Mountain Cemetery. If you could find blanks from a WBTS historical site and then have appropriate flag or wording lazered on them, these would be great. I'm sure Indiania has some historical sites that might produce some wood. Where are you from Crawfordsville? I think General Manson was from there. Good luck.

Ben

 

[BSea]

I'm planning on doing a civil war stamp pen. The problem is that all the stamps won't be available until 2015.

Here's my original thread about this.

 

[asyler]

maybe decals?

 

[Holz Mechaniker]

Well if you want some extra work, Take the "Civil war" pen kit, see if you can get your hands on a .44 Rimfire casing for the top of the pen instead of the .58 caliber bullet. then if there is a clip that looks like a lever action rifle. presto you have a Union cavalry pen. hope this helps.

 

[Texatdurango]

How about get an engraver to print the following on the pen..........


The Price in Blood
Casualties in the Civil War
At least 618,000 Americans

People ought to remember seeing that pen far longer than seeing a pen with a nib shaped like a mini ball!

 

[tim self]

Any pen made out of historic wood with a civil war tie in.

The only one I've made I used Chestnut. I think that's old enough to be period.

 

[bitshird]

Just DON't pick up any thing off the ground at any Civil War cites, it's a Federal violation, I'm trying to negotiate with the gift shop at Shiloh and they are trying to get me in with the grounds keepers, I'd love to get a few fallen branches from the Hornets nest. a neat little bowl that's about 80 to 100 yards wide that had over a hundred cannons firing at each other for the biggest part of a full day.

 

[Tage]

PSI has these: http://woodturning.pennstateind.com/search/index?query=civil+war+pen+kits

Not sure how authentic they are and haven't made any. I just noticed them when buying another bullet pen kit.

 

[RustySplinters]

PSI has these: http://woodturning.pennstateind.com/search/index?query=civil+war+pen+kits

Not sure how authentic they are and haven't made any. I just noticed them when buying another bullet pen kit.

Ah crud he beat me to it.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=82543
Excuse the terrible lighting... The first pic is the Civil War replica pen in a CA finished deer antler. Hope its helpful

 

[Wood Butcher]

Here's one I made for a fellow and we had the box engraved with the receipient's name.
WB

 

[theidlemind]

I've been casting a replica 1862 10 dollar bill and pairing it with a piece of Holly. They look nice together, usually on a full gent or a jr gent.
Lincoln was on the ten in 1862, the year of the Battle of Richmond.
The Holly is from the yard of a civil war era house across the road from the battlefield and was old enough to have watched the battle. Huge tree.
I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.

 

[t001xa22]

The closest thing I could find is the foil logo setup for custom clips or finials from Hut Products.

 

[PaulDoug]

Decals work good. I like them on deer antler on this pen.

 

[Don Gaiser]

Not to hijack this thread, but could explain how you do the decals.
I know how to make the decals etc, but when trying to coat the the pen with CA, the decals rub off...
Thanks

Decals work good. I like them on deer antler on this pen.

 

[Scratch]

The last Civil War pens I made, I used dyed Curly Maple for the
Union and Buckeye Burl for the Confederacy. Turned out pretty nice.

 

[PaulDoug]

I use "Water Slide" decals, got them off of e-bay. Print the decal on my laser jet printer. After printing I cut the decal out, and spray it with Acrylic Crystal Clear by Krylon. Let it dry good and them soak the decal in water ans apply it to the blank. If you don't apply the Acrylic the CA finish well destroy the decal. There is also an article in the library here about applying decal, I think.

 

[toyotaman]

I've got some Cedar from an old Confederate Cemetary,and some Oak burls from there also.

 

[Grizz]

I have made Civil War pens with.

Oak Burl from Gettysburg.

1854 Crib Dam Wood from a bridge that fought many battle.

I am now in search of other historical wood from areas of the country where battle were fought. Anyone got anything from Fort Sumter?

This collection is actually being collected by son.