mbroberg
IAP Activities Manager, Emeritus
Cast in Alumilite with Silver Mica Powder on a gold ZEN. Not the easiest blank I have ever turned (I ruined my 1st attempt) but I'm happy with it. Glu-Boost finish. C&C always welcome.
Buckeye Nuts!
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Jim15
Member
Great looking pen.
JohnU
Member
Great idea Mike! The finished pen looks awesome. I bet that was a hard one to turn. The neighbor where I grew up had a buckeye tree. Wish I had all of the Buckeyes I threw as a kid. Keep up the great work!
jjjaworski
Member
What a great looking pen.Very creative use of buckeye nuts.
LouCee
Member
Very cool looking pen, nice work!
TattooedTurner
Member
Originally being from Ohio, I've wondered what that would look like or if it would even work. Thanks for sharing, it looks pretty cool!
mbroberg
IAP Activities Manager, Emeritus
I know a guy who'd like that better in crimson resin, just saying. Very unique, well done! I'm curious if you dried the nuts or stabilized them?
Sam, no I didn't dry or stabilize them. They had been sitting in my garage for over a year. I really don't know if that had any effect on them but they were not straight from the tree. I cut them in half before casting, that is the only prep I did to them.
Thanks, John. Now I have to find a source for Buckeyes. You wouldn't think it would be hard in The Buckeye State but I've really not found a good one yet.
gimpy
Member
Awesome, I haven't seen a buckeye in years
Really nice !!
Really nice !!
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
Cool blanks Mike!
Sylvanite
Member
Very nice Mike! I particularly like that the cast resembles blue-stained buckeye burl.
Eric
Eric
Ted iin Michigan
Member
Glad you didn't cast it in red. I like the grey a LOT
Ted, this got me thinking a little about my reply, I didn't realize gray was actually one of your (Ohio State) official colors. Also, I should have said "scarlet" and not "crimson", please pardon my blaspheme.
. But either way, I agree you, gray is much better
mbroberg
IAP Activities Manager, Emeritus
Maybe the next batch will be two-tone.
PaulWitmer
Member
Nice looking pen Mike.