Cartridge, 1st attempt

[clement]

Hi everybody,

I'm back in the penturners world after a few months without. I'm now retired and should have more time for turning. I like to show you this pen I made for my son-in-law who's actually based in Kaboul with the belgian army. I made a special thanks to Don Ward for his tutorial that gives me the idea for this pen.

The wood is Wenge and the penkit is a Designer " gun metal ". The cartrigde was allready fired, so i had to use the original nib from the kit. Next time i will try with the bullet as nib.

I hope you like it, any suggestions are welcome,

greetings from belgium,

clem

 

[Tanner]

Looks great!! Did you cut the casing in a collet chuck?

 

[wudnhed]

Good looking pen, Clem, you did a great job!

 

[Ozzy]

It looks great. I'm sure your s-i-l will love it.

 

[NavyDiver]

Very nice work!

 

[ctwxlvr]

Nice work

 

[Alexander]

I have to say, I think that asthetically, this is the best idea for using a cartridge. I really like the way you segmented the two. Absolutely awesome. You should try some of those nickle plated cartridges, although the wenge looks awesome with the polished brass.

 

[clement]

Originally posted by Tanner
<br />Looks great!! Did you cut the casing in a collet chuck?

I do'nt have a collet chuck, so i cut it with a pipe cutter. It's not the best way, takes a lot of time and need trimming the inside, but it works []

clem

 

[johncrane]

l would love too see a bigger photo Clem too see the detail from what l can see it is very good.