That's crazy. I'd ask how you did it, but I wouldn't understand the answer. Looks really cool.
Larry, I'm going to be honest with you and take an apposing view to most of the above comments so do don't shoot the messanger!
While I applaud you for the technical aspect of the knots, the blanks you are using are just way too busy and the knots are getting lost in all the motion and waves of the blank.
I think the knots look smashing with contrasting colors, not multi colored, wild wavy patterns.
Try a plain ole bloodwood or solid black blank with some brass or aluminum accents and see if you agree.
Great looking pen! A tutorial would be great for those of us who are segment challenged!
Check-out the "Writing a Tutorial" in the Library section for help on putting one together.
I would be very obliged to read your first draft and hopefully offer improvements, if needed.
That's a beauty! You going to solve nuclear fusion next?
I am thinking of making a tutoral of how I do it. As this will be my first try at a tutorial, is there anybody out there willing to read my first draft (maybe more drafts) and tell me how to improve it. I have a bad habit of not seeing the forest because of the tree.
I made this Sierra using a six segment knot overlayed with a three segment knot.
The white plastic is from a Garage Sale sign I got a Wally World for $3. The sign was 18 X 14, I can make a lot of pens from that sign.
Later
nice Larry.....I would be one to love to see a turorial on your tecknique
tks for sharing .....Steve