wizard
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Made it this A.M. It's Aluminum on a Sterling Silver Navigator Fountain Pen. The aluminum blanks are from John Goodin AKA johnnycnc. Turned with carbide tools. Made this as a custom gift for my brother, a dentist, who wanted another version of a pen I previously made like this one.
To prevent fingerprints, I would have normally airbrushed it with aluminum oxide to get a matte finish. However, he wanted it "shiny". So to prevent fingerprints, I went ahead and put a VHT clear coat finish from Caswell Electroplating on the pen. I tried different color surfaces to take pictures on and went ahead and included both in the post. Hope you like it. Had fun making it and when finished it just looked like another "shiny thingy" to me. Comments welcome but most of all thank you for looking. Doc
To prevent fingerprints, I would have normally airbrushed it with aluminum oxide to get a matte finish. However, he wanted it "shiny". So to prevent fingerprints, I went ahead and put a VHT clear coat finish from Caswell Electroplating on the pen. I tried different color surfaces to take pictures on and went ahead and included both in the post. Hope you like it. Had fun making it and when finished it just looked like another "shiny thingy" to me. Comments welcome but most of all thank you for looking. Doc