Cross Pen Blowout and Repair

[W.Y.]

Last week when turning some novelty pens I somehow managed to get a wrong bushing on the nib end when turning this blank. That resulted in cutting right down to the tube causing a blowout.
Those are very expensive blanks and if it had been a piece of wood I probably would have tossed it but I decided to save this one. .
I cut it back and put a piece of black acrylic on that end and turned it down to the right size bushing and all is well .

 

[jimofsanston]

good save

 

[Rick1708]

I really like the black and white contrast. You could also put a matching band on the top the white/cross would really jump out.

 

[Jgrden]

Great job.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Very nice!

Robin

 

[BigguyZ]

Very nice, though I agree with Rick. When it's that large of a section, it looks a bit unbalanced.

I had a very similar incident last night, and there was a section of grain that I absolutely have to save... So I'll be doing something similar.