Curly Koa Cat

[budnder]

It's a long story, but the ending involves needing a Hawaii related gift for cat lover. Saw these cat kits a few months back at PSI and thought they looked a little nicer than some of the themed kits they come out with from time to time. I like how the Curly Koa sorta resembles a cat fur pattern (well... a little... to me at least).

I think it's been a year since I made pen (longer story), but it must be like riding a bike, because everything went without a hitch.

 

[LouCee]

Very nice, looks great!

 

[Dieseldoc]

Roy:
Great pins with kits and Koa, plus outstanding photo's well done all around.

Charlie

 

[Jim15]

That's a beauty.

 

[WarEagle90]

Nice combination, Roy. Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about getting one of those cat kits to make for my wife who is a huge cat lover. Just haven't seen a good quality picture of one until now. Will definitely get one on order.

 

[mark james]

Beautiful pen Roy. Very nice.

 

[magpens]

Cat kit .... Kit cat !!! . Very beautiful pen ... love the Koa !!

Kat Kit ... Koa Kat !!

 

[philipff]

Love that clip! How did you do that?? P.

 

[budnder]

Thanks for the kind words. One thing I'll say, if you use the kit bushings... be sure to measure the finial (the top cat). On both the kits I made, it measured materially less than what the bushings called for. Also, perhaps my imagination, but on both kits I felt like the finial wasn't quite centered on it's tube. I didn't notice it until I was finishing up the second pen, so too late to inspect the part.

 

[johncrane]

Very nice pen Roy! and great looking Koa. are the cat kits a heavy pen, a lot of the theme pens are heavy

 

[budnder]

Yes, fairly heavy. It was right at 2 oz on the scale. For reference, a cigar that I had (wood also) was 1.75 oz. Could be worse... a Southwest themed pen (filled cholla) was 2.25 oz on the scale.

 

[johncrane]

thanks Roy! very helpful.i was thinking about making one for my cat loving daughter

 

[naynay]

It's a long story, but the ending involves needing a Hawaii related gift for cat lover. Saw these cat kits a few months back at PSI and thought they looked a little nicer than some of the themed kits they come out with from time to time. I like how the Curly Koa sorta resembles a cat fur pattern (well... a little... to me at least).

I think it's been a year since I made pen (longer story), but it must be like riding a bike, because everything went without a hitch.

I don't even like cats but this is very nice.

 

[WarEagle90]

Thanks for the kind words. One thing I'll say, if you use the kit bushings... be sure to measure the finial (the top cat). On both the kits I made, it measured materially less than what the bushings called for. Also, perhaps my imagination, but on both kits I felt like the finial wasn't quite centered on it's tube. I didn't notice it until I was finishing up the second pen, so too late to inspect the part.

Thanks for the heads up on possible issues with this kit. I have one on its way, So I will inspect it very closely and report my findings.