A Few Firsts
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wizard
Member
That is an absolutely gorgeous pen. For your first at all three items...you are a FAST learner. Great job!
Kenessl
Member
I really like your pen.
WoodWorkinthe530
Member
Great looking pen. I like how the less opaque casting gives a 3D look to the blank.
Chris
Chris
IPD_Mrs
Member
I bet that would sell real well in Roswell, NM. :biggrin: When I saw it Monday I had no idea that the green would be so bright. Looks much better finished. Great job.
jonrms
Member
I am very very impressed... cant say how impressed I am... might have to give that a go one day... ie later in life.. but that looks really awesome!
glycerine
Member
I like it the way it is. Has alot of depth and as Mike said, has a bit of an "extra terrestrial" look to it.
PaulDoug
Member
Well, I'm impressed! That is the best one of those I have seen. Awesome work on all three firsts.
Great job. I'm anxious to try myself. Thanks.
randyrls
Member
You did EXCELLENT!!!!!
Whaler
Member
Absolutely beautiful, I have never seen a pod that well done.
Freethinker
Member
Beautiful pen Joe, beautiful execution.
I had never been a big fan of the banksia pod pens before, but NOW.....whew!
...wow, that one is really cool looking.
I'll bet if you cast some more like that you could sell them like hotcakes here on IAP. Just a thought.
I had never been a big fan of the banksia pod pens before, but NOW.....whew!
...wow, that one is really cool looking.
I'll bet if you cast some more like that you could sell them like hotcakes here on IAP. Just a thought.
All Thumbs
Member
Great job. Another pen showing that IAP members think outside the box.
Carlton
Carlton
cschimmel
Member
Very awesome pen, Nice work.
ctubbs
Member
WOW! Way kooool. How about casting one that glows in the dark? Then you could drag it out at night as you tell the kids ghost stories. Yea. Then watch them all crawl into bed with mom.
That is one very good looking pen. Great idea and execution.
Charles
That is one very good looking pen. Great idea and execution.
Charles
IPD_Mrs
Member
Gee Dad,
Mike beat me to the posting and FreeThinker beat me to saying you should make some more and sell them on here ...
Now all I can say is WOW that really turned out fantastic - I'm axious to see how the one you gave us is going to look now
Love ya!
Mike beat me to the posting and FreeThinker beat me to saying you should make some more and sell them on here ...
Now all I can say is WOW that really turned out fantastic - I'm axious to see how the one you gave us is going to look now
Love ya!
Froggy
Member
Very cool looking! 
Chris
Chris
As a reply to ALL who offered your encouraging comments, THANKS! I've had a couple suggestions that I make some to resell, here. I'm not ready for that yet. I'm not sure what the long term satisfaction is going to be with this combination. I am beginning to feel that it should be cast immediately after casting, as one or two of the pieces I had left from this first cutting seem to be more curved than they were a couple days ago. Considering all the holes, this makes sense. The finished pen is beginning to show some dull spots in the CA finish. I think I'll hold onto it for a while, then hit a couple more coats of CA, to see if it's even a saleable item. What do Y[all think? Incidentally, if you want to try it, I used Castin'Craft PR from Michaels, Reverse painted inside of blank with Delta Ceramacoat "jubilee green" acrylic paint (probably got that a Michaels also). I used "Brass Ager" (available from Indy-Pen-Dance) to darken the tube, so If I scratched the paint when inserting the tube, it would not shine through, and at the same time give "0" size increase to the tube. The whole dang process from cutting to finishing is MESSY!!! :curse:
WoodNutOntario
Member
That looks awesome!
I just finished doing one with a red resin and it also turned out really well!
Gave the pen away before i took a picture of it...
Will try and borrow it back and take some pics.
The banksia turns really well and is a very hard, dense wood.
Finishes really well too!
Great job!
They are a lot of work but well worth the end result!
Andrew
I just finished doing one with a red resin and it also turned out really well!
Gave the pen away before i took a picture of it...
Will try and borrow it back and take some pics.
The banksia turns really well and is a very hard, dense wood.
Finishes really well too!
Great job!
They are a lot of work but well worth the end result!
Andrew
Andrew: What did you use to finish? I used CA, and it's not bad, but appears to have the potential for developing some of those dull spots.
Drstrangefart
Member
I. WANT. THAT. PEN!!!!!!!!!! That thing is unbelievably nice! I really wonder how the green blobs in black casting would turn out....
Mark
Member
That is a real beauty of a pen. It's very impressive. Nicely Done..
The green really makes it pop.
The green really makes it pop.
Nick
Member
Very nice job, clean and sharp. excellent photo as well