copperhead snakeskin

I was recently commissioned to make 4 rollerball pens for a friend of mine to be given to the groomsmen at his wedding. He requested that I make two using Western Diamondback snakeskin and two Copperhead snakeskin with my custom Texas Tru-Quarter™ design. Lucky for him, I had everything ready to...

I started this thread a couple of weeks back and finally got around to completing the casting process/turning and assembling. Unfortunately, when i pressed the components into the tube(everything was squared up too), you can see by the photos that it appears a separation occurred :eek:between...