G1Pens
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This past weekend I created and donated a pen to my motorcycle riding organization for auction at an event in Lumberton, NC. All the money raised went to Feed the Children.
When I decided to donate a pen, I had a pen in mind. I took the event logo and created some decals and then decided to cast a blank to go with the decal. My first attempt looked great. It was black and silver swirl with just a touch of red and yellow in it. I was very happy. Turned it and was still happy. Applied the decal and somehow ended up with a small place in the decal that turned white. Not sure what happened, but I was okay with it....until I assembled the lower barrel backward, leaving one end proud and the other too small. Most people wouldn't have noticed any of this, but I knew it was there.
My wife then suggested a yellow pen with "just a little black". I figured, what the heck, I'll give it a try. In conjunction with all this I decided to get a case made.
This is what I ended up with. I was pretty happy with it when it was all finished. Lazerlinez did the case.
I fully understand that because it was an auction for charity that people spend way more and overbid values, but still the fact that my pen could generate $250 made me really happy.
Thanks for looking
When I decided to donate a pen, I had a pen in mind. I took the event logo and created some decals and then decided to cast a blank to go with the decal. My first attempt looked great. It was black and silver swirl with just a touch of red and yellow in it. I was very happy. Turned it and was still happy. Applied the decal and somehow ended up with a small place in the decal that turned white. Not sure what happened, but I was okay with it....until I assembled the lower barrel backward, leaving one end proud and the other too small. Most people wouldn't have noticed any of this, but I knew it was there.
My wife then suggested a yellow pen with "just a little black". I figured, what the heck, I'll give it a try. In conjunction with all this I decided to get a case made.
This is what I ended up with. I was pretty happy with it when it was all finished. Lazerlinez did the case.
I fully understand that because it was an auction for charity that people spend way more and overbid values, but still the fact that my pen could generate $250 made me really happy.
Thanks for looking