marcruby
Member
I'm not really showing off, this was an experiment - actually too many experiments. It's my first click, and my first try at segmenting with metal inlay. And my first effort with a carbide 'scraper'. And my first use of the PR Princess's alternate ivory. All I can say is that the photograph hides most of the flaws.
The click is a larger pen than I expected -- I was looking for a more feminine effect. The bulge in the curve could be a little closer to the point. The metal (too hard to be aluminum, probably tin) fought back through three skews and that carbide scraper but I wound up using the scraper as a shear scraper which worked, but I'm going to have to round out the lower edges so that the tool rides the rest better.
I'm not all that fond of the was the click clicks. Breaking it in a bit helped, but I'd really wanted a solid, machined feel and it's not quite there.
And I'm not going to tell you about the things you can't see...
Marc
The click is a larger pen than I expected -- I was looking for a more feminine effect. The bulge in the curve could be a little closer to the point. The metal (too hard to be aluminum, probably tin) fought back through three skews and that carbide scraper but I wound up using the scraper as a shear scraper which worked, but I'm going to have to round out the lower edges so that the tool rides the rest better.
I'm not all that fond of the was the click clicks. Breaking it in a bit helped, but I'd really wanted a solid, machined feel and it's not quite there.
And I'm not going to tell you about the things you can't see...
Marc