tru-stone

Another Triton in Tru-Stone ... this one Red with Gold Matrix. This tru-stone turns very easliy! Comments or suggestions welcome.

Triton ballpoint in Black with Gold Matrix Tru-Stone My second tru-stone attempt (both have been the black w/gold matrix) but this one turned so much easier! More like PR. :confused: Comments and critiques welcome, Thanks for looking!

This was my first tru-stone attempt, a Black with Gold Matrix on a Triton fountain pen. Had a little trouble getting it to "shine" using my regular methods. Thanks to Andy (PenMan1) for some helpful advice, here is what I ended up with ... Comments welcome!

Here is a majestic jr that I made a few days ago. I did a CA finish, I wanted to try it. What do you guys think the best kind of finish for a tru-stone blank. Thoughts, comments all welcome.

Had a few parts leftover so I put this one together. So much gold on the hybrid version of the kit this is from just looked too gaudy (even more than it already does:rolleyes:), so I put some black components from a churchill on to tone it down a little. Definatley not my favorite kit in the...

Wild Horse Jasper Tru-Stone, with a fountain nib (I think it was the nib assembly for a SS navigator) Since I haven't bothered to invest in a collet chuck or make any pin chucks or "CE" mandrels (read: lazy:rolleyes:) I have had to just do all my closed ends on a standard pen mandrel and 60...

Well, we currently have about 30 inches here and we are expecting about 8 more by this evening. Nothing better to to than spend some time in the shop, huh? Red Tru-Stone with closed end and SS fittings. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the CB is just a stering ring, to give more...

I haven"t posted anything lately but created this for my website, took it to work and got it sold before I could post it. Oh, well guess I just have to make another. I got the trustone fom the box that Mannie sent round the world. The hardware I picked up from Exotic blanks. The rest was me...

Here is my first Tru-Stone pen. I would not have attempted to turn this material before I bought my Woodchuck. With the Woodchuck, it was a piece of cake. Good material to work with, but you have to guard against using too much polishing material.

Rollerball Majestic Jr. from PennStateInd. The blank is from Richard at randbcrafts. I wouldn't like this kit for myself but it sells really well. If you've not tried tru-stone yet, this blank is easy to turn and wet sands nicely. Wet sanded starting with 220 grit to 400 then wet mm to 12000...