Another of my LSU vs. ULL Resins

[karlkuehn]

This is one of the ULL resin cast runs that I did for BrentK to go with the LSU purple and gold.

Messed around with beadwork again...got dangerously close to the tube on the pen side bead, letting a little too much of the white epoxy show through at the narrow point...overturned it a little too much there, I wish it matched the cap better. Beads are a little different size, too. I'm learning, and overall I'm having a really good time with the resins and beads, wish I'd have been doing it sooner!

Thank God for buffing wheels, that's become a fairly significant step in my pen making process. Simple and easy way to polish a high gloss on there without a lot of sandpaper work.

Chrome FT American fountain from Ernie at Bear Tooth Woods, MM12000, white diamond polish, Ren wax finish.

Comments/suggestions/questions welcome!

 

[Tanner]

I do like the shape. I think it's a fine looking pen. You must be a couple of centimeters away from the tube on the lower barrel.[:0] The blank looks great with dark red, black and white marbling.

 

[Dalecamino]

Another BEAUTY Karl ! I can hardly wait to see what's next , every time you post a picture . Thanks for sharing them . [8D]

 

[BigShed]

Nice looking pen!

Just a thought, why the extensive use of acronyms in this (and other) forum?
LSU, ULL, you got me beat!

It is almost like a masons' secret handshake, let's use acronyms so that we can separate those that "belong" from those that don't.

Maybe it is just me?

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by BigShed

Nice looking pen!

Just a thought, why the extensive use of acronyms in this (and other) forum?
LSU, ULL, you got me beat!

It is almost like a masons' secret handshake, let's use acronyms so that we can separate those that "belong" from those that don't.

Maybe it is just me?

hehe...sorry...acronyms go faster on the keyboard []

LSU - "Louisiana State University"
ULL - "University of Louisiana at Lafayette"
MM12000 - "Micromesh 12000"
FT - "Flat Top"

 

[wdcav1952]

Originally posted by Tanner

I do like the shape. I think it's a fine looking pen. You must be a couple of centimeters away from the tube on the lower barrel.[:0] The blank looks great with dark red, black and white marbling.

Tim, there are 2.54 centimeters to an inch. Are you trying to pick a fight with Karl?!?? [}]

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by wdcav1952

Originally posted by Tanner

I do like the shape. I think it's a fine looking pen. You must be a couple of centimeters away from the tube on the lower barrel.[:0] The blank looks great with dark red, black and white marbling.

Tim, there are 2.54 centimeters to an inch. Are you trying to pick a fight with Karl?!?? [}]

hehe...that'd be one fat pen!

 

[BigShed]

Originally posted by karlkuehn

Originally posted by BigShed

Nice looking pen!

Just a thought, why the extensive use of acronyms in this (and other) forum?
LSU, ULL, you got me beat!

It is almost like a masons' secret handshake, let's use acronyms so that we can separate those that "belong" from those that don't.

Maybe it is just me?

hehe...sorry...acronyms go faster on the keyboard []

LSU - "Louisiana State University"
ULL - "University of Louisiana at Lafayette"
MM12000 - "Micromesh 12000"
FT - "Flat Top"

Well I did ask.........

However, now that I know what the acronyms stand for, what do 2 university have to do with cast resin?

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by BigShed

...However, now that I know what the acronyms stand for, what do 2 university have to do with cast resin?

This series of resin casts are for an order, and as I made extra blanks, I just felt like turning some pens out of a few of them. I posted the other ones as well, it's a series of 4 resin color combinations for the two schools.

 

[wdcav1952]

BigShed,

The colors involved are the school colors for the two universities.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Looks good. I need to try something other then wood one of these days.

 

[BigShed]

Thank you gentlemen, not that obvious to us foreigners, but that explains it very nicely.

Now if you had said these pens are for Carlton or Essendon, I would have understood straight away!

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by BigShed
Now if you had said these pens are for Carlton or Essendon, I would have understood straight away!

ahhhh, yes! Good old C and E! hehe []

 

[JohnU]

Karl, thats a great looking pen and Im re-thinking your name here.... it should "Resin God!". Outstanding work!