I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this blank. Because of its name, I was afraid it would be light yellow. But I wasn't disappointed. It's a deep golden color, and simply stunning.
Thank you for the extra pictures ! . You seem to document everything extremely well with excellent photos of just about every step in your process ... that's great !!
I do that with all my pens. I'll take 100 photos of a single pen sometimes. Photos are my journal, I like to be able to refer back to how I did something with a certain pen. I took 65 pics of this one.
I have no way of testing the strength of the epoxy. But I haven't had any problems with the strength. Honestly, I really don't think much strength is required, you're just attaching the tubes inside the blanks. I haven't had any separate.