jacobrts
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I wouldn't say that I am showing these off - but I did want to share the first pens I made.
- Top one is snakewood - was fun to work with but got about 6 tiny cracks at the ends. I think they just doubled in length after polishing it just now. Haven't assembled it yet because I wanted to get some feedback
I think I know the answer to this, but wondering if finishing it with CA glue may hide the cracks more than polish? I don't - Next one down is magnetic graduate kit with pink ivory -I kind of liked how it gets real narrow on the bottom section - but it was not intentional - just gouged it and had to clean it up. I also took off too much wood on the top part of the cap - and just noticed that it also as a small hairline crack.
- Slimline using Sipo blank. Love the weird digital texture like effect of that wood. Felt pretty good about how this one turned out. Seemed a shame to go from a 5/8" blank down to such a tiny cylinder.
- Carpenter pencil with Gaboon Ebony. I'm going to try another one with that type of ebony - thinking I should have been able to get it a lot more smooth as I can still see some slight texture from the wood grain. Was excited that I got the edges to match the bushings.
- Then a magnetic graduate kit with Rhodonite/Tourmaline. Came out kind of clumsy and a bit heavier than I think many would like. Not easy working with stone. Finished the cap with CA glue to clean up the edges, thought I'd do the same to the lower section that I had already assembled, but not seeing a way to do that without taking it apart.
- Then last one at the bottom is another pencil kit using yellow opalus quartz. Was the first time i did a CA finish. Wished I checked it more thoroughly before assembling because there was some cracking in the finish near the edges that got a little worse.
