john deere green blank

[penmaker1967]

does anyone know where i can find a blank in john deere green color my bosses birthday is first of nov and i would like to make her a pen and she loves john deere. can i just use a curly maple blank and stain it green and then d=sand it back to close to john deere green. any help would be wonderful
thanks

 

[longbeard]

Todd, i bought the solid green and yellow blanks from PSI and ripped 1/4" pieces of both colors.
Sanded them til they fit flush together, ca them, drilled and turned, then a ca finish.
Post a pic latter if i can.

 

[Ulises Victoria]

I tried to make a "Heineken" pen for a friend who used to work there. I tried to find a way to paint it "Heineken green" with no success. Then someone suggested that I take something of that color to Home Depot or any paint shop and they would make me a paint of that exact tone. Never did it though, as my friend changed job.

 

[D.Oliver]

I've never seen on commercially, but Longbeard made one that was pretty slick.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/john-deere-green-92681/

You could hit him up for some info. BTW if you're making a JD blank I think you need a little yellow tim in it, just like the real john deeres. That's just my humble opinion though.

 

[D.Oliver]

Wow I must type slow!

 

[Mack C.]

does anyone know where i can find a blank in john deere green color my bosses birthday is first of nov and i would like to make her a pen and she loves john deere. can i just use a curly maple blank and stain it green and then d=sand it back to close to john deere green. any help would be wonderful
thanks

I got some from Jonathon Brooks (Brooks803 on IAP). sometime back. They were great looking with the yellow in the green!

 

[RosezPenZ]

Todd, i bought the solid green and yellow blanks from PSI and ripped 1/4" pieces of both colors.
Sanded them til they fit flush together, ca them, drilled and turned, then a ca finish.

Thats what I did also several yrs ago, customer LOVED it.