A Rat's Tale

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.......or should that be A Rat's Tail?:biggrin:

This is my latest concoction and I personally think it is the best pen I've ever made and I'm pretty chuffed with it.:redface::biggrin:

I took loads of pics and I'll post them in order.
I hope you like it as much as I do:rolleyes:
 

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Steve, How do you do that? Here he goes again. What a beautiful pen. I know its getting harder and harder for you to create something better than the last one. Somehow, you always come through. Great job! and thanks for the mini tutorial.
 
:star: Do you expect us to find mere words to describe that, or should we put the accolades to :musical-note: music? :musical-note: Anything less would be inadequate! :star:

For us mortals, could you please make an ugly wood pen and post the pictures? PLEASE! :biggrin:
 
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Wow. Impressive. Stupendous. Incredible. Splendiferous. Amazing. Unbelievable. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

I don't think any of those words really describes your creation.

You are one talented human being.
 
That just stinks!!!:mad-tongue:

I expel all my creative energy trying to match a pen blank with a standard kit. YOU, on the other hand, are creating beautiful objects of art like this. :befuddled:

Well Done. That is one great looking pen. :highfive:
 
You mean now I'm gonna have to use hand files too ? :eek::tongue::biggrin:
I cant wait for the FULL tutorial :wink::biggrin::tongue:

That pen is just plain............SPECTACULAR !!!
 
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Uhhhhh.....

That's all I'm capable of at the moment.

Dale
 
Not too shabby there Mr Rat! :biggrin: I am in awe of that kind of creativity that can see the pen before you can see the pen and then make what you saw before you could see it! Visionary to the highest degree!
 
Where do you dream up this stuff? We are lucky to have such talent here on this site. That is one of the coolest pens I've seen.

YOU ARE GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keith "mrburls"
 
G'day Steven, I think all the superlatives have been used so I'll just say WOW!!!

Fantastic pen, great design, and very innovative execution.

I was on the forum this afternoon and happened to spot this pen in the New Photos, before I even saw who posted it I knew it was a Skippy pen.
Said to myself, how in the blue blazes did that rodent do that!:thunder:

My best guess was that you hand made the metal parts and then cast them in acrylic, I was wrong on the second part. Hate to think how much time went in to that pen.

Have a feeling the only one who is going to make a pen to beat that one is you!:highfive:
 
Many thanks for all the compliments:biggrin:

If anyone tries something like this then although the pics are pretty self explainitory, there is one process that really helps. The pic below shows the PR clamped to the metal. At this stage the resin was cut and sanded to a reasonably close fit, but while it's clamped it gets heated with a heat gun on low and the clamps gradually tightened a fraction at a time. Then left to cool completly. This ensures a nice clean joint:wink:

Thanks again:biggrin:
 

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