Fred Bruche
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I made the blanks using Liquid Diamonds resin mixed with black onyx and red scarlet mica powders, kinda having a plan for the pen look, let that cure for a good 2 weeks. Then the turning and polishing started. Did I achieve what I had in mind? Almost, and learned a few things along the way. The black onyx parts ended up not as opaque as I envisioned, but I can live with that. The red/pinkish parts look a bit blah, not necessarily something I would use again in this context. Some of the threads are a bit too long and should be shortened by a couple turns on the next iteration. I also need to find a better way to polish the threads, I tried a few things but I'm not there yet. The Nib is an Edison #6 steel two-tone (a.k.a. Jowo #6). Good learning experience and I enjoyed making it. C&C welcome.