antler Jr Gent

[txbatons]

Ok...this is really a marrow Jr Gent. [] The pieces I used were too thick and all I ended up with was the darker marrow. I tried to fill it with a slurry of CA. I also sanded thru all the MM twice. It has a nice feel...not rough at all.

I was messing around with the light tent today and had almost the right amount of light. I need to add a light from behind the camera to get the reflection of the finish, but that's for another thread.

This is for my little brother who gave me a lot of antlers during the past year.

The standard boring gold cap was replaced with a nice gold star concho. Here's a closeup of the cap.

 

[winpooh498]

I like it a lot! I am not a big fan of antler pens but I like the coloring of this one. Good job! []

 

[Stevej72]

Brian, Nice job on the pen.

 

[LEAP]

Very Nice Brian, I'm sure he'll love it.

 

[R2]

Nice job Brian.[][]. My only reservation, and I have it with a lot of the bigger pens, is that it is slightly obese.

 

[Ligget]

Looks great from over here Brian, the colour is excellent![]

 

[karlkuehn]

Holy cow, I love that star! Way better than that weird little cross symbol on the Statesman's

 

[johncrane]

very nice looks great!also the star looks great top job Brian! []

 

[txbatons]

Originally posted by R2
My only reservation, and I have it with a lot of the bigger pens, is that it is slightly obese.

I agree with ya on that, but I was really concerned about sanding that marrow. Once I got down close to the bushings, the blanks were rough and open and felt like very course sponges. I was afraid that if I was even with the bushings that I'd lose too much material to save the pen.

 

[doddman70]

Very Nice!!!! where are you getting the star?

Shane

 

[txbatons]

Originally posted by doddman70
<br /> where are you getting the star?

Thanks Shane. I get them at a leather craft supply place in Fort Worth. It's called Hide Crafter. The url is http://www.hidecrafter.com/Home.html

It's called a concho and it takes a little finagling to get it filed down to fit in the recess on the cap, but I use 'em on the pens I give as gifts and like the effect. Got the idea from George (texatdurango) who posted a pen he made with them and set me on the right path.

 

[fernhills]

Well that is nice to see and hear,i have a good size chunk of Antler about 1 1/2 rd. with the hard stuff close to the surface,thought it wasn`t good enough,i`ll have to turn it now with a big kit,Very nice pen, I am impressed.. Carl

 

[guts]

Brian,That's a great looking pen,I've done some with a good bit of marrow in them but never with all marrow,well done.