Welll, I found....MOAR!!! These are mostly my more exotic and specialty pen blanks, that I've been collecting for about three years now.
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This includes some real exotics, such as the amazing acrylics from Vermont Freehand, as well as a bunch of Conway Stuart, Erinoid and a few other classic or old out of business manufacturer blanks (real ones). This includes some casein blanks and other interesting or less common materials than we generally use today. (Honestly, been kind of afraid to use these so far! Tried a couple, but, they were expensive, and I feel I really need to make sure I have the skill to make the pens that use these really worth the time, effort and ultimately money!) The VF acrylics are drop dead gorgeous, for those who have never seen them (bin on the far right):
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Various (mostly) wood blanks that I've bought from sellers here in IAP! Some truly amazing blanks, in some of the most amazing colors, figure, or both (there is also a batch of angle cut laminate woods that I bought from PSI, to the middle right):
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About 2/3rds of my collection of TruStone and similar. I have others, and have actually used a decent number of TruStone or other simstone blanks, so this is not the full collection I used to have. Most of these, I cut myself from these 1.5x1.5x6-7" blocks (you can see some of these larger blocks, purples and one is "turtle shell", in the bin to the top), which is a far more cost effective way to get some of these blanks. I must have a bundle somewhere else as well, because I also have several of the gold matrix and copper matrix blanks, in black onyx, red jasper, and turquoise. Not quite sure where all of those are ATM. They might be in the wall of blanks I shared earlier. Also kind of been afraid to turn those, as they are quite expensive and I've also wanted to make sure I had the skill to do them justice. So, for now, they (the ones with gold and copper) sit, mostly.
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A collection of various ebonite blanks. Really like this material for its vintage look and feel, and the legit history it has with classic pen manufacturers. I have been purchasing and experimenting with chasing ebonite. I have been working with both my laser engraver and Pen Wizard. Both are capable, however for some patterns I think only the laser engraver will work for what I want to do. The real trick for "laser chasing" if you will, has been getting patterns to match up properly. Its an art in creating seamless textures, which is sometimes more challenging than you would think!
Most of these came from Vermont Freehand, notably the three in the upper right. Particularly fond of those three. Really love the green one! Some came from other sources.
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My collection of true vintage Galalith, sometimes called French Bakelite (although apparently, it was invented in Germany!) with some of these rods dating to around the 50s or earlier. Some are from the 70s. Apparently the factory that was manufacturing these slowed down significantly in the early 80s and was out of business by the early 90s. There are a couple sets that you can tell are newer, some have that wonderful cracking you get with very old resins. Love this stuff! I have a few bakelite pieces, and some other forms of vintage or historical plastics floating around somewhere...might be in the "wall of blanks" I shared earlier:
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I think there are still more, scattered about. But, for the most part, this is the bulk of what I have.
