Copper Retro in Deer Antler & Spalted Maple.

[Ruby pen turning]

This a Jr Retro with deer antler on the cap and spalted maple on the barrel. The deer antler was supposed to be for anover under pen but I did not like the bad area under the clip that had been filled with antler shavings so I ground the ends down the a retro sized tube.
I did not know what I wanted to use for the barrel so I asked my wife to look at my blanks and she chose the spalted maple. The deer antler has around 10 coats CA and the barrel has around 10-15 coats CA all sanded and sanded again through all the colored pads and polished with Novus.
Thanks for looking. Comments bad,good or ugly welcome.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Interesting choice. I've done the mental equivalent of hitting myself in the face with a hammer trying to match deer antler up with other materials without segmenting. That one looks like it worked out pretty well.

 

[Brooks803]

I'm on both sides of the fence myself. I like the look of everything, but the cap looks longer than the lower barrel. Might be camera angle though.

 

[SLICKYINC]

I really like the copper. Do you have a supplier for those? I cant find them anywhere.

 

[Ruby pen turning]

Brooks. The cap is in fact 1/4" shorter then the barrel.
Slickyinc The copper JR Retro is no longer available. Rhodium,gold and Black TI are still available. Those I get from LauLau.
https://www.laulauwood.net/catalog/12

 

[rizaydog]

Interesting idea. I like the choice of material. Great job.