timdaleiden
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Another variation on the Cartridge pens. Comments, critiques, bashing, tossing of garbage, flaming, nasty or snide remarks welcome. [:0]
Bloodwood Cartridge Pen
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Wow! Now THAT's cool! Twist-style pen, cut on an angle, and glued (mashed, smashed, however you did it) together. Maybe you could give me a clue on how the striations are fitted together.
PenWorks
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Good looking pens Tim. Since you present me with a choice, I'll take the angle cut, but they both are fine. Can't think of anything else to say, I'm speechless! Nice work.
Anthony
Anthony
JimGo
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Tim, that looks VERY cool! The detail work on the cuts is impressive!
Tom McMillan
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OK Tim--good buddy and pal!! That's just waaaaaaaaaay too nice!!! I loooove it!!! Question, though---at the angles---I presume the wood goes into the shell---how'd you do that?? Use a dremel or??? Also, I'm thinking the 2 photos are of the same pen??
Gary
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It looks to me like the same pen - a top view then a side view.
And it looks just great!
And it looks just great!
jkirkb94
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Great looking pen!! The angle cut is what really makes it! Kirk[8D]
jwoodwright
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Nice clean cuts, how was it done [?]
Like the angled cut one... [8D]
Like the angled cut one... [8D]
ldimick
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Outstanding!
KKingery
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I'd say an excellent job on the cuts and matching them up. I also think the wood color works well with the cartridge.
tipusnr
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Way cool! NOW you're just SHOWING OFF!!
timdaleiden
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Thanks for the kind words all.
The Bloodwood barrels fit inside the brass and are squared at all 4 ends, angled tenons were hand cut for the brass to fit over. I used a slightly oversized brass tubing to etch a pattern to follow, and carved them down to size with a exacto knife. I used the same size brass tube as a sizing ring for turning, which closely matched the OD of the casings.
Even after all of that, there was still a tiny gap at the angled tenons which was filled with a sanding sealer slurry.
The CB is glued to the upper barrel, and the lower one is slightly tapered to move freely inside the lower part of it.
The Bloodwood barrels fit inside the brass and are squared at all 4 ends, angled tenons were hand cut for the brass to fit over. I used a slightly oversized brass tubing to etch a pattern to follow, and carved them down to size with a exacto knife. I used the same size brass tube as a sizing ring for turning, which closely matched the OD of the casings.
Even after all of that, there was still a tiny gap at the angled tenons which was filled with a sanding sealer slurry.
The CB is glued to the upper barrel, and the lower one is slightly tapered to move freely inside the lower part of it.
Fred in NC
Member
Well Tim, you asked for it:
"Comments, critiques, bashing, tossing of garbage, flaming, nasty or snide remarks welcome. "
So I will give you a .....
COMMENT !!!
Unique, I have never seen one like that before.
Very elegant, and well done. Great job!
Frankly, much as I like the pen, I would never take it with me on an airplane! It looks like it could actually fire! JB would have liked it. (that is James Bond, just in case ...)
Is my last statement bashing, or what???
"Comments, critiques, bashing, tossing of garbage, flaming, nasty or snide remarks welcome. "
So I will give you a .....
COMMENT !!!
Unique, I have never seen one like that before.
Very elegant, and well done. Great job!
Frankly, much as I like the pen, I would never take it with me on an airplane! It looks like it could actually fire! JB would have liked it. (that is James Bond, just in case ...)
Is my last statement bashing, or what???
Gregory Huey
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Can't bash or throw garbage so I guess it's a comment WOW,Holy Sweet,Man Alive that shur is perrrtty
Docsmith45
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I have a comment. WOW!! The angles really set it off. Really neat design and well accomplished. What caliber? I have been toying with an idea on .223. What's this one?
woodscavenger
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I really like it. Another new dimension for the group to think about. It reminds me of a really cool pen I saw (he wanted ~$1500 for it) that had the angle motiff but it was in the finial. The top of the finial was angled.....any takers on that one?
timdaleiden
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Thanks for the comments. It says on the end of the shell 308, which I assume is a .308. I don't know all there is to know about ammo. It seems a lot of different sizes work from what I have seen here.
Brent
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very nice loking pen, I think you have got every body thinking on this one.
dougle40
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After all that's been said above , all I can say is to repeat the above --- <b>WOW !!!!</b>
It almost looks like you've used the original "Lead" for a tip , is this right ???
It almost looks like you've used the original "Lead" for a tip , is this right ???
G
Guest
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Cool,it's got a Buck Rogers thing working.
Fleabit
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Ok...I was starting a cartridge pen, now I have to throw it away and start over since you decided to raise the bar!! Kidding aside, that is a very nice design. The angles set it aside from others and the combination of wood and brass compliment each other. Great job!
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