Gar (fish) Cigar

[MesquiteMan]

Here is a CiGAR pen made from the scales and tail of a longnose gar. One of my other interests is bowfishing and gar is one of the species that we frequently shoot. My bowfishing mentor shot a small gar so I kept it and made a pen from it to give him as a token of my appreciation for his help! The lower barrel is made from the skin/scales of the gar and the top is made from the tail. I cured the skins myself and then cast them like snakeskin in Alumilite Water Clear resin. Comments appreciated, good or bad!

 

[leehljp]

Looks Fishy to me! [] Well done and great job! I would love to see one totally made from the tail. Something about that doesn't sound right but the tail sure looks interesting! Still can't say how much I like the tail without sounding like . . .

The scale/skin part looks VERY good by itself too!

 

[fiferb]

Awesome! Both upper and lower barrel look great. I'm sure your mentor will love the pen.

 

[Monty]

Great looking pen. I like it. I sure could have sold something like this at my show yesterday. Had several people ask me if I had anything for fishermen.

 

[kirkfranks]

I really like the pattern on those scales.
Let Lee have the tail and send me the scales[8D]

 

[Darley]

Curtis, that is a very nice pen, did you leave the scales on the skin or you remove them, how long did you let the skin to dry, I do Barramundi fish skin pen ( whith out scales )the skin is 0.032" thick and do not work with Alumilite or PPR,( goes translucide )but work with PR, what is the thickness of your fish skin?

again nice pen, what the top barrel made off?

 

[RonRaymond]

That is a beautiful pen, Curtis! Any advice on how to cure a fish skin?

 

[doohboy24]

Excellent job!! maybe one day i can do a job just as well as this!!

 

[Mudder]

Very nice pen Curtis.

Are they any relation to a needlenose? The skin looks similar. Have you ever eaten a gar? Surprisingly they are not too bad. I've caught alligator and needlenose gar in Florida by casting a frayed piece of nylon. It's a little scary the first time you bring one of those monsters out of the water.

I'm sure that pen will become a treasured heirloom.

 

[DKF]

You are definitely the master of casting "anything" in resin! That is so very interesting!

 

[Rifleman1776]

What you did is excellent. I'm sure your friend will appreciate. As a pen, though, the mixing of two different colors isn't attractive to me. Personal taste.

 

[Rmartin]

That's incredible.

Like the others, I would like to know more about how you cut and curred the fish scales.

Rmartin

 

[GaryMGg]

Really cool looking Cigar Curtis. I do like how those scales look.

 

[johncrane]

Top looking pen Curtis as always.[]

 

[rcarman]

Very nice. Outstanding creativity.

 

[mishadude]

That's a nifty one...

 

[broitblat]

Oh, Curtis, there you go again... []

Great looking pen!

-Barry

 

[Johnathan]

very different, you could have some major conversations with this pen.

 

[Fred]

Very interesting pen. I like the use of the fish material and you have done and excellent job! Great work! []

 

[papaturner]

I`m a devout wood person but the is one cool pen, you did a fine job.


Perry

 

[JDPens]

The pen looks awesome, nice job!

 

[Shane]

Fantastic ... Your mentor will love it!

 

[CSue]

How VERY Nice! [8D]

Curtis, how DO you cure the fish skin/scales. My nephew is a pro fisherman (so is his wife.) I'd love to know the secret.

 

[csb333]

Always on the cutting edge!! I really like the barrel (scales) best. - Chris

 

[underdog]

This is a remarkable pen, and your mentor should be pleased with it.

I think I like the scales the best, but I'd like to see a couple that are solid tail and solid skin.

 

[workinforwood]

It's very impressive. I agree I like the tail portion the best. Those gar fish are pretty crazy. Next you need to figure out how to cast the end of it's mouth with the teeth intact!

 

[Ligget]

Lovely idea, very unique!
The tail portion is excellent in pattern, my favourite part! []

 

[tishtigger]

I to would also like to know how you cured the fish I would like to do rainbow trout or steel head I've been looking into it joined a taxidermy web site still cant determine the best way[]