Humongous
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After a self imposed sabbatical to concentrate on my other hobbies, I'm back working on some holiday gifts. This is a European style pencil kit from Woodcraft in a nice Bocote blank. This is an interesting kit, It uses a Schmidt click pencil mechanism but is advanced with a 1/4 turn of the top barrel. There is a piece that transfers the rotation to a plunger action that advances the lead, pretty ingenious.
Thanks to a thread from David350 ( https://www.penturners.org/members/david350.34973/) I thought I would give the Berea artists UV resin a try for a finish. This is 2 coats of resin with no sanding or Micro meshing. I didn't go very thick because I liked the look of the grain showing through and the feel of the pencil. I'm usually a "the shinier the better guy" but I liked the slightly matt finish that this gave to the wood. I like the look and will probably do some more experimenting with this as a finish, so far so good. It's definitely a huge time saver.
Thanks for looking, comments and critique welcome.
Thanks to a thread from David350 ( https://www.penturners.org/members/david350.34973/) I thought I would give the Berea artists UV resin a try for a finish. This is 2 coats of resin with no sanding or Micro meshing. I didn't go very thick because I liked the look of the grain showing through and the feel of the pencil. I'm usually a "the shinier the better guy" but I liked the slightly matt finish that this gave to the wood. I like the look and will probably do some more experimenting with this as a finish, so far so good. It's definitely a huge time saver.
Thanks for looking, comments and critique welcome.