K-Bar Cigar

[GColeman]

Black chrome cigar. Top is leather turned to simulate a K-Bar USMC fighting knife. Bottom Honduran Rosewood.

 

[boxerman]

Wow nice pen.

 

[Jgrden]

Hmmmm. How'd you color the leather, or was it already dyed? I like the looks. Would like to have seen a profile picture.

 

[Whaler]

That is classy, I like it.

 

[ThePenWizard]

Yep a very nice looking pen, good job

 

[ctubbs]

You did good.
Charles

 

[seamus7227]

Pretty dad gum fancy smancy! Nice job!

 

[johncrane]

Very nice great looking blanks used.

 

[Rangertrek]

The leather work looks great and very time consuming!

 

[GColeman]

Hmmmm. How'd you color the leather, or was it already dyed? I like the looks. Would like to have seen a profile picture.

I turned the leather to finished size and colored it with a brown Sharpie. The grooves were colored with a Black Sharpie. I evened the color out with mineral spirits. All were coated with many coats of thin CA.
This is the one of the best photos I have. I am not much of a photographer.

 

[Jgrden]

Thank you for your efforts. This was what I wanted. Looks even better than before.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Definitely a nice job on the leather work. That's some interesting material to work with. I have some colored leather I'm waiting to try out later on to see what happens.

 

[Jgrden]

Definitely a nice job on the leather work. That's some interesting material to work with. I have some colored leather I'm waiting to try out later on to see what happens.

Me too, I have allot of leather scraps of various colors: tan, maroon, black, dark brown and more.

 

[GColeman]

Definitely a nice job on the leather work. That's some interesting material to work with. I have some colored leather I'm waiting to try out later on to see what happens.

I am no expert by any means. I do suggest that if you use CA to bond the leather that you have a can of Acetone close at hand. I glued my fingers together a couple of times making that blank.

 

[GColeman]

Pen Delivered

The pen was delivered today with great success! In fact it was so well received that I now have an order for 12 acrylic pens representing our local college colors.

The recipient's daughter manages the local college book store. She asked could I make pens in the college colors. "Sure" I said " "what price range?" She said "What ever you want to charge. I'll display and sell them for you." Yee Haw!

 

[Drstrangefart]

Definitely a nice job on the leather work. That's some interesting material to work with. I have some colored leather I'm waiting to try out later on to see what happens.

I am no expert by any means. I do suggest that if you use CA to bond the leather that you have a can of Acetone close at hand. I glued my fingers together a couple of times making that blank.

Yeah, I've made 7 pens out of leather so far, if I'm not mistaken. You do have to be careful. Last one we made we used a belt. Cut it in two at the center, glued the strips together, then again and again. It was pretty hands-free.