Ice Blue Italian Alabaster

[JohnGreco]

OK, hope I don't bore you with another but I really love this color and wanted to share. It is Very translucent, reverse painting was a must (and hand mixing an ice blue color was a lot harder than I thought it would be....I'm sure no painter!). Finish on all of my stones are the same- well sanded and buffed to a natural shine. Thanks for looking, C&C always welcome.

 

[eranox]

Holy smokes! Please continue to "bore us" in the future! How in the world do you manage to work that stuff? I'm sure you've posted it, but if you have, I've missed it.

 

[rholiday]

Beautiful!

 

[MikeL]

Wow, I think it looks outstanding!

 

[Allen_B]

That is stunning. It's one of the best pens I've seen so far.

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

The work around this site keeps getting better and better. This is one example of that. Outstanding!

I, too, would like to know how the material works.

 

[avbill]

john is this a night hawk or Desire ss kit

 

[southernclay]

Beautiful! Nice work, I'd love to see tutorial or general info as well.

Have you looked into any historical stone? Some quarried from some of the National monuments for example. I could see a lot of call for that sort of thing

 

[mark james]

That is beautiful!

I love the subtle colors. Where can I get some?

 

[JohnGreco]

Thanks. This is an Eagle hardware set. I scour eBay for most of my stone and yes, do have some historical stone. I posted a while back most of the processing steps.....please forgive me, it's far too much to type again lol. This was particularly hard and required ordering carbide drill bits, HSS bits kept blowing the stone out.

 

[Band Saw Box]

Beautiful work, that's an amazing pen, superb fit and finish. Who much does it weigh?

 

[OZturner]

Glorious pen, John.
Fantastic Colour in the Alabaster,
Matches the pen perfectly.
Congratulations, seems somewhat insignificant for such an effort.
Brian.

 

[JohnGreco]

Thanks folks.

Dan- It weighs around 2 1/4oz, vs. a vertex with a stabilized BEB body weighing about 1 7/8oz.

 

[jeff]

Looks great on the front page :biggrin:

 

[JohnGreco]

Looks great on the front page :biggrin:

Wow thanks, Jeff! My first front page :RockOn:

 

[mikespenturningz]

Magnificent just beautiful.. Love this pen..

 

[thebillofwrites]

Very Classy looking pen.
Nice work!!

Bill

 

[JohnGreco]

Thanks folks, and thank you for all of the likes! Looking forward to making some more pens from this stone as soon as things slow down in the shop.

 

[taz62pm]

This is a very nice looking pen blank/pen. The color is subtle and doesn't blow you away. It should work for a conservative person. I love it!