cellulose

I made a pen like this a while ago and it was reviewed by a well known pen collector on YouTube. Thankfully he gave it a favourable review and I subsequently received many requests for a similar pen. Of course my reaction was to make anything other than this pen. I know that may sound strange...

For a while I've wanted to make an entire pen out of some of the old cellulose acetate tubes I have. Some of it is wide enough to make a full pen from but some, (usually the really nice stuff), is too narrow to make the cap from. I have used it in the past to make the barrel and sections but...

This is made from Brown Mallee and cellulose. I used a lighter tortoiseshell colour for this one to try to blend it with the wood. The brown mallee, (the name for the burr from certain eucalyptus trees, rather than a species in its own right), is stabilised. The threaded components are glued...