malachite

I got this piece of malachite at a gem show. It has the perfect notch in it for a pen display and it seems to match the pen color pretty well. Let me know what you think of it.

Guys, I could use your advice. I just blew out two Malachite pen blanks while drilling out for a Statesman fountain pen. I think my problem might have been that I had 3/4" x 3/4" blank when I probably need a 7/8" size. But, I don't want to blow out a third. Any advice or unique things I...

Sorry for the crappy photography. I just thought I'd show you guys what I've been up to lately. I knocked this out in about three hours... I took a long wedge of malachite truestone and CA'd each side of it with some black plastic sheeting I bought at a modeling shop (used in building...

Had a few parts leftover so I put this one together. So much gold on the hybrid version of the kit this is from just looked too gaudy (even more than it already does:rolleyes:), so I put some black components from a churchill on to tone it down a little. Definatley not my favorite kit in the...

I love making these Zen pen! This one is made from malachite trustone from R&B Crafts. This is the first malachite pen that I have made and love the way it looks! Chrome hardware on this one.