It doesn't pay to rush things : Pt2

[Monty]

You may remember this thread from about a week ago concerning two special order pens. Well, I remade the rattlesnake blanks and let them cure over night in the mold, then waited 3 more days (because I had a show last weekend) before I turned them.







Both are prairie rattler on a full size Statesman with an upgrade Bock nib.
Pens are being mailed to the buyer in Dallas tomorrow.

 

[alxe24]

Those are some great looking pictures.

 

[CharlesJohnson]

Beautyfull pens.I'm certianly not at all good enough to find any fault in these.But cann't imagine anyone else either.

 

[Gary Beasley]

Well thats what you get for not getting in a hurry, so much perfection you are deprived of being able to gripe about anything. Whats a person to do!

 

[alamocdc]

Those look great, Mannie!

 

[Jim Burr]

Those can't be beat...you have a happy customer Mannie!

 

[seamus7227]

A vast improvement from the first thread! Did you figure out what went wrong in your casting procedure? Your customer is gonna love em!

 

[Monty]

A vast improvement from the first thread! Did you figure out what went wrong in your casting procedure? Your customer is gonna love em!

I think it was the heat from the oven that caused the skin and PR to separate. That's the only thing I did different in the first batch and these and ones I've successfully cast previously.