black pearl acrylic/chrome&satin sierra

[sparhawk]

Chrome and satin sierra with a black and pearl acrylic from woodcraft. One of the old woodcraft blanks. Had a hell of a time with painting the blank. Had started off using aluminum color paint hoping for a lighter color. After turning the first blank i noticed some brass color showing through. Also loked like some piling up of aluminum paint under the blank. Tryed again and let the blank sit for a couple of days and when i went to mill the ends it spun and the tube started to come out the other side, so i removed the old tube, prepped and painted another(with my gloss black paint this time)and viola! here it is.Dont know why the aluminum paint wouldnt stick but have done quite a few acrylics and not had any problem with the paint or tubes messing up. Any ideas welcome.P.S.-i used two part epoxy-the only thing i use to glue tubes in.

 

[johncrane]

Glad it worked out Hugo!the finished pen looks great well done,also thats the first chrome and satin Serra l have seen is it a custom job or a supplier kit.

 

[Blind_Squirrel]

Nice!

Did you tint the epoxy too?

 

[wdcav1952]

John,

Those kits are a Beartoothwoods.com exclusive plating option. They are available in copper as well. I have some, and they really look great, as Hugo shows in this picture. I will try to get off my lazy tail and post some pix of the other options tonight.

 

[UKpenmaker]

Very nice pen Hugo, well worth the extra work.[8D]
That is one pen kit which is definately on my shopping list.

 

[louisbry]

Nice pen Hugo. That new Sierra plating looks good.

 

[rhahnfl]

Very elegant looking.

 

[RollTide]

Nice Hugo! You've been on a tear lately.

 

[sparhawk]

Thanks everyone, I do like that combination plating as well as the copper, but my favorite one that i have yet to buy(cabt decice on a blank good enough for it ) is the blackTi/ platinum finish. One of the best looking kits there is in my opinion. And yes i bought it at beartoothwoods but didnt know it was exclusively thiers.