Last of 2011 - Sting Ray

[Jgrden]

Finished these today. The first two are White Tail Deer Antler over Sting Ray. The knobby finish on the Sting Ray makes it an excellent pen to write with that avoids slipping.
The second three are White Cedar from British Columbia. The bottom is smooth 6 oz. oiled cowhide. Do you think I can fetch seventy-five dollars? They are upgraded with gel ink fillers.

 

[skiprat]

Wow!! Sting Ray?? That must be a first here.
Is it the regular skin with a seam, or the tail? What stops it from rotting, or does it get cured like leather?

 

[watch_art]

Where do you get stingray??
That's pretty cool.

I know the Japanese Samurai would use this on their sword handles, so when they got covered in everybody elses blood, their hands wouldn't slip!
:biggrin:

 

[renowb]

75 Dollars? With a specialty like stingray, Oh heck yeah!

 

[Jgrden]

Wow!! Sting Ray?? That must be a first here.
Is it the regular skin with a seam, or the tail? What stops it from rotting, or does it get cured like leather?

Regular skin with seam. Cured. Thank you for asking.

 

[Jgrden]

Where do you get stingray??
That's pretty cool.

I know the Japanese Samurai would use this on their sword handles, so when they got covered in everybody elses blood, their hands wouldn't slip!
:biggrin:

Interesting. Very interesting. This is news that I will use in the sales approach.

 

[OLDMAN5050]

Interesting piece.........

 

[mredburn]

Where do you get stingray??
That's pretty cool.

I know the Japanese Samurai would use this on their sword handles, so when they got covered in everybody elses blood, their hands wouldn't slip!
:biggrin:

Interesting. Very interesting. This is news that I will use in the sales approach.

Yes, I see it now,

John to 90 year old California Granny

" With a stingray skin pen you wont loose your grip even when writing in blood! Why even Japanees ninja's use it" Would you like me to wrap it for you? :rotfl:

 

[JeffT]

Very cool. First time to see that material here! Maybe a Corvette logo to go with it...

 

[mb007]

String Ray = Awesome!

Very nice pens. I think seventy-five is attainable, as others have said already.

 

[boxerman]

Wow those are surely nice looking pens there John.

 

[seamus7227]

Nice work John, I tried my hand at some stingray on a gran torino tube with and without resin



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[Jgrden]

Seamus, real nice. I like the belly button. Or is that something else?

 

[Jgrden]

Very cool. First time to see that material here! Maybe a Corvette logo to go with it...

Hmmmm, interesting. Sting Ray, what a natural relationship. I think this shall come to fruition in two weeks.