Casting experiment final result

[amtechrs]

Some of you might recognize the cast portion of this blank from the casting section of the blank making forum. I thought this one came out good enough to finish out. Thought it would fit well onto a celtic twist kit. Resin is Alumilite slow, wood is Oregon Myrtlewood, finish is CA. Sorry for so many pictures (again), but it is SO hard to get something that halfway represents the depth and color reflectivity. These came the closest. The thin resin segments came from the cutoffs of the original pour. Also my first attempt at this kind of segmenting...

 

[JohnU]

I've been hoping to see success with that pour…. It turned out very nice! Congrats!

 

[Alan Morrison]

Chalk that pen up as a win.

 

[KMCloonan]

Outstanding casting AND segmenting! Very well done.

 

[d_bondi]

Very Nice, definitely a Win!!

 

[RDHals]

That turned out great. Congratulations.

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Once again very nice work. I'm happy things went your way. Well Done.

 

[Jim15]

Great work.

 

[Lew]

Yet another beautiful pen! It makes me happy to see your work.

 

[amtechrs]

Thank you all for your very kind words! And again, @Kenny Durrant , for your advice!

 

[egnald]

I think it turned out great! And you paired it with the perfect style of kit. They complement each other very nicely. - Dave

 

[bugradx2]

holy cow that's gorgeous

 

[GaryMGg]

Fantastic.

 

[derekdd]

What intricate work.

Success, indeed.

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Thank you all for your very kind words! And again, @Kenny Durrant , for your advice!

Richard you did all the thinking and work. You deserve all the credit. I'm glad I was able to give you a few tips. They were just the way I do things. Not to take away from your gorgeous pen just food for thought. There's several different ways to achieve the same results. As in a 1000 ways to skin a cat. Some things will interchange and some won't. You went about it the right way. Find out all you can about the different ways to do something and go from there. You need to figure out what you can and can't do and will and won't do. Then do what works best for for. Thank You for sharing you journey to make an outstanding blank and pen.

 

[sorcerertd]

Wow, that's gorgeous! The thin resin segments really frame it nicely. It's begging for a matching finial, though.

 

[duncsuss]

Superb. You've transformed a pen kit that I wouldn't normally consider attractive into a pen I'd love to use.