Doing the things we normally avoid for the desired effect

[hewunch]

This is a Christmas gift. I have a family member who serves in a seafaring branch of the military. I wanted to make him something that went along with his work. I decided to attempt something that looked like a piling in the water.

it started with some teak for the piling itself. The kit is a Vesper from Exotics. It has more meat on the tube than some other styles. I over turned the teak so that my piling could be seen through the transparent blue of the wave. Once turned and squared, I added the acrylic.
Before epoxying (added blue dye to epoxy) the acrylic I painted the ends of the tube brown.

once I got the acrylic down to size I added finish to the teak to build it up. Here is where the things I would normally try to avoid come into play. Normally, I would avoid epoxy overage on the wood part. This makes it look like water is still on the piling. Normally I would try to avoid bubbles in the finish, this looks like ocean spray. Comments, criticisms, concerns and questions are welcome.

 

[tomtedesco]

Great looking work. Thanks for your step by step replay on why you did certain things.

 

[byounghusband]

That is absolutely cool!! Very creative.

 

[hewunch]

Great looking work. Thanks for your step by step replay on why you did certain things.

You're welcome! I have often looked at pens and wondered, "how did they do that?" So, I figured I would share.

 

[Woodchipper]

Great idea. Hmmm. Bet it's the Navy.

 

[sorcerertd]

That's really cool! It's funny how many different and unexpected things we can learn from our mistakes, if we're paying attention.

 

[Lew]

In my experience, a non-expert knows the rules of whatever he/she is doing and follows them religiously. An expert knows the rules and knows when it is ok to break them. You have done an expert job on this piece. Thanks for sharing.

 

[hewunch]

In my experience, a non-expert knows the rules of whatever he/she is doing and follows them religiously. An expert knows the rules and knows when it is ok to break them. You have done an expert job on this piece. Thanks for sharing.

that is very kind of you to say. Thank you

 

[Kcimdrib]

This is a Christmas gift. I have a family member who serves in a seafaring branch of the military. I wanted to make him something that went along with his work. I decided to attempt something that looked like a piling in the water.
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it started with some teak for the piling itself. The kit is a Vesper from Exotics. It has more meat on the tube than some other styles. I over turned the teak so that my piling could be seen through the transparent blue of the wave. Once turned and squared, I added the acrylic.
Before epoxying (added blue dye to epoxy) the acrylic I painted the ends of the tube brown.
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once I got the acrylic down to size I added finish to the teak to build it up. Here is where the things I would normally try to avoid come into play. Normally, I would avoid epoxy overage on the wood part. This makes it look like water is still on the piling. Normally I would try to avoid bubbles in the finish, this looks like ocean spray. Comments, criticisms, concerns, and questions are welcome.

Great Pen terrific idea.