two pens from exoticblanks

[esears]

The first one is a shredded currency blank on a black titanium baron kit. I painted the tubes a dull grey and after seeing it in the end, it matches my ACU (Army Combat Uniform) quite nicely. Closest thing I've seen to a digital camoflage in a pen yet.

This second pen is their alternate briar pen that was thrown in the box as a freebie. When I got it, my 1 year old chipped the end of it off, so I had a spare cutoff from a previous pen of Irish Bog Oak that I didn't want to waste. So I added that in instead of the standard Euro style end cap.

Both pens were turned primarily with a skew (I'm really trying to concentrate on using just this to practice, its amazing what a sharp skew can do) and finished to 12k MM, a CA finish to smooth them out, and Ren. wax to finish.

There is a bit of wax left in the grooves of the Irish Bog Oak that I'm having a heck of a time trying to get out. Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm still working on the photography stuff. I think the top picture came out much nicer, but it was also taken outside in natural light as opposed to indoors with a flash.

Thanks for any comments.

 

[GaryMadore]

The first one is a shredded currency blank on a black titanium baron kit. I painted the tubes a dull grey and after seeing it in the end, it matches my ACU (Army Combat Uniform) quite nicely. Closest thing I've seen to a digital camoflage in a pen yet

I guess you and I wear pretty much the same uniform... Good to know that we could hide in a bank if we needed to!

Love that money pen.

Cheers!

Gary

 

[altaciii]

Very nice looking pens. I believe I like the the shredded money pen best. However, the Euro is nice but I cant see where the bog oak was added. Good work!

 

[mickr]

wore the army green for 22 yrs..I've banned it from the wardrobe

 

[markgum]

nice looking pens. For the wax, maybe a tooth pick

 

[ed4copies]

Nice work, Eric!!

If you use RenWax, you can get the wax kind of warm and it will "melt". So, use a clean cloth on the lathe and that's the easiest way (sometimes you need to put a fold in the rag to fit the slit). Once it's off the lathe, I guess I would try to use a toothpick with a cloth to remove it.

Different approach (mixing wood and resin) but a nice result!!