Casein on a Falcon...with a casein cap

[marksman]

Here is a pen I turned this afternoon. It is a Marksman Falcon with an alternative casein blank. Instead of the usual Falcon cap, I turned a cap out of casein.







Thanks for looking!

 

[Robert Sherlock]

Beautiful pen.

 

[Bill Sampson]

Mark,
This is a great looking pen! Casein is one of my favorite materials to use, and your treatment on the cap is really nice. Difficult to do?.

Bill Sampson, Richmond

 

[turncrazy43]

Very, very nice Mark. Casein always looks great.
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[mrburls]

That looks really good with casein material. I've got a few blanks of casein I found a week or two ago and I'm going to have to match that up with one of your kits I have.
Keith "mrburls"

 

[marksman]

Mark,
This is a great looking pen! Casein is one of my favorite materials to use, and your treatment on the cap is really nice. Difficult to do?

Not at all. I had a tube in the shop that fit tightly over the twist piece on the mechanism. Ok, we all get lucky sometimes. I cut about a 3/8" length of that and drilled a hole in the blank, "O" size, I believe, to the proper depth. Then I used a 3/8" drill to countersink so that the mechanism would recess into the cap. Glued the tube and turned it down to size and shape. I mic'ed the size since I didn't feel like turning down a bushing. Then polished the OD before parting the piece off. Then after parting it off, I hand sanded down the end and polished it by hand. The kitless guys probably have more advanced ways of doing that but hand polishing worked for me. That's about it.

 

[Mack C.]

Is it necesary to paint the brass tube and the drilled blank? Or is the blank opaque enough that painting isn't necessary?

 

[leaycraft]

I love it - don't know that I'm ready to try that material yet but its on my watch list.

 

[Jim15]

Awesome pen.

 

[LL Woodworks]

Great pen Mark

 

[peterborough66]

Absolutely Gorgeous

 

[marksman]

Is it necesary to paint the brass tube and the drilled blank? Or is the blank opaque enough that painting isn't necessary?

I did not paint the tube or the blank. It looks good but in the right (or wrong) light you can barely see a slight variation in the color. Probably going to reverse paint the blank next time.

 

[Mack C.]

Is it necesary to paint the brass tube and the drilled blank? Or is the blank opaque enough that painting isn't necessary?

I did not paint the tube or the blank. It looks good but in the right (or wrong) light you can barely see a slight variation in the color. Probably going to reverse paint the blank next time.

Thanks Mark! That tells me that I haven't painted my tube in vain, at least!

 

[ed4copies]

I love it - don't know that I'm ready to try that material yet but its on my watch list.

Alternate casein is turner-friendly! Try it.

Regular casein is more finicky--careful in "facing" the blanks, especially. The slightest imperfection can result in a crack, much later in the life of the pen.

Great looking pen, MARK!!! The finial really finishes it off!
Ed

 

[Dalepenkala]

Nice looking pen Mark! Congrats!