btboone
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Well, after months of legwork and countless broken tools, it's finally done. A sellable pen. The wife is going to a neighborhood gathering tomorrow, and she was told to bring it since one of the neighbors is a high end pen collector and wanted to see it.
Changes from the prototype include a wider wood base to help show off the grain of the wood, trying to get the wood in the correct order from the wood tube to the pen, and lighter weight on the pen part itself. I made the base insert bronze instead of tungsten because although it is heavier, the tungsten didn't finish out as well. It just didn't look fancy enough. I flared the bronze base into the wood to have more engraving room. The ring of wood touches the desk and the bronze is raised up slightly.
I also did raise up the upper wooden plug to flush. Good call on that one. I stayed with polished finish on this one, but will offer brushed as well. It still takes tons of time to make, but I'm trying to work on that.