Seam Ripper in Cocobolo. 1st of 20

[Ruby pen turning]

just recieved my order of 20 rippers and made this one out of Cocobolo. I decided to make it like my pens and give it the glue treatment (10 coats) and 7 Mauve mica inlays.
The ripper is just pressed in so it can be yanked out when it gets dull.
And comments good/bad always welcome.

 

[kevrob]

Nicely done. I was going to make a few tomorrow and was wondering what to use for a finish since I didn't have any lacquer like is suggested in the tutorial. Thanks for sharing your pictures and finishing method.

 

[jimm1]

Nice looking

 

[boxerman]

Nice seam rippers.

 

[phillywood]

Nice work, I wonder how much you 're going to sell them for since the wood is coco?

 

[Ruby pen turning]

I was thinking $15 bucks. The ripper is cheap and the coco was cheap.
Just my time which I usually don`t charge anything for unless it is something VERY time consuming.

 

[Drcal]

Brian,

That is a great looking piece.
How did you mount the blank for the ripper on the lathe?

I haven't tried it yet and was curious.
Carmen

 

[Ruby pen turning]

first I made it round to fit in my collet chuck then drilled the required holes. Then I used my 60 degree live center on the drilled end and chucked it back in my collet and shaped it ( there was some to be parted off which was in the collet chuck). Then I sanded it all and parted it off and fit it onto a home made mandrel out of scrap wood (turned to fit the hole drilled for the ripper)
Ther has got to be a better way, but it worked for my first one.

 

[Rangertrek]

Brian, nice work on the ripper. Just don't get carried away on putting too much detail into them if you plan to sell them. If I spend more than 20 minutes on one, my profit take a hit. Sell most of mine for $10-$12, plain woods, simple design. I do use a good ca finish on all of them.