A Customized Slimline

[ChrisN]

This is the first slimline I have actually replaced the centerband on. It's cocobolo with a spalted myrtle centerband. Next time it's going to be nibless...

 

[MikeL]

Great job.

 

[Drstrangefart]

NICE! How'd you do this one? LOOKS like it' a fixed centerband, glued down to the upper barrel which would make the aluminum accents easier for me to figure out. I've made a huge mountain of custom centerbands, but never with aluminum accents on them.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

It looks factory. Well done.

 

[lorbay]

Nice and clean, I don't care for slims with humps and bumps all over them.
Lin

 

[ChrisN]

NICE! How'd you do this one? LOOKS like it' a fixed centerband, glued down to the upper barrel which would make the aluminum accents easier for me to figure out. I've made a huge mountain of custom centerbands, but never with aluminum accents on them.

Thanks for the comments! Yes, it is a fixed CB. It is layered with aluminum and glued to the upper barrel.

 

[BSea]

That is really cool. I really like making slimlines. I think they are so overlooked. I was like most, and made several when I 1st started. Then moved on to larger more expensive kits. But taking a base slimline & adding a custom CB just makes them go from ho-hum to WOW!!

Good Job :good:

 

[Bobostro61]

Very cool. I tend to shy away from slimlines for some reason or another. I guess they seem to basic or something. I may have to rethink!

 

[mikespenturningz]

Love what you did in the center of that pen Chris.

 

[Fishinbo]

A great example of simple elegance. The wood looks great with the center band. Well done!