BKelley
Member
Hi all,
I don't normally care for novelty pens, but I had a source of War Between the States rifle stocks. I couldn't resist making up a Civil War pen using wood from a 1861 Springfield. The stocks were unuseable and beyond restoration. As large as these stocks are, there is not a lot of wood suitable for pen blanks considering a hole thru the fore-end for the ram rod, the inletting for lock ect. Anyway I thought it made a interesting historical project.
Ben
I don't normally care for novelty pens, but I had a source of War Between the States rifle stocks. I couldn't resist making up a Civil War pen using wood from a 1861 Springfield. The stocks were unuseable and beyond restoration. As large as these stocks are, there is not a lot of wood suitable for pen blanks considering a hole thru the fore-end for the ram rod, the inletting for lock ect. Anyway I thought it made a interesting historical project.
Ben