Zebra wood advice

[yorkie]

So, I have a long piece of tightly figured cross cut Zebra wood. The black and white lines going horizontally down the pen and are tightly packed. What pen style should I go with?

I'm thinking I want to show off all of the wood, so maybe a black titanium long clicker? But, I want something special for such a awesome piece of wood so maybe a gun metal graduate rollerball?

I would love your thoughts on pen style. I was thinking of the Falcon but the barrel length is short and I'd like to show off the whole thing.

Thanks, guys.

 

[walshjp17]

Why not try one of Les Elm's (rd_ab_penman) Longwood Cigars -- single barrel cigar.

http://pnpta.org/images/documents/making_a_longwood_cigar.pdf

 

[yorkie]

I've never actually made a cigar pen before; good quality construction? Reliable?

Why not try one of Les Elm's (rd_ab_penman) Longwood Cigars -- single barrel cigar.

http://pnpta.org/images/documents/making_a_longwood_cigar.pdf

 

[walshjp17]

Most of them are. The mechanisms seem to hold up. Use one for a daily pen most of the time.

 

[Lenny]

A Zen pen shows off a lot of the blank as well.

 

[ed4copies]

I've never actually made a cigar pen before; good quality construction? Reliable?

=walshjp17;1572480]Why not try one of Les Elm's (rd_ab_penman) Longwood Cigars -- single barrel cigar.

http://pnpta.org/images/documents/making_a_longwood_cigar.pdf

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Close as I can figure, I sold a couple thousand and never got one back for a failure. Over about 10 years, so they had "history". But I always bought them from Berea or CSUSA---both had a solid transmission and good quality plating (although a couple 10kt did wear off).

FWIW,
Ed

 

[ed4copies]

A Zen pen shows off a lot of the blank as well.

Nice thing about a zen--no transmission!! So what CAN go wrong?? Another strong choice.

 

[Joe S.]

The Atrax is nice for showing off a blank, maybe a closed end RB/FB?