LeRoi Bumble Bee

[qquake]

This is a LeRoi Long Body V2 pen in gold and gunmetal. The blank is a SpectraPly called Bumble Bee, from Woodcraft. I love the grain patterns in Spectraply blanks. The finish is Pens Plus.

 

[qquake]

In the description, it says it's a 3/8" tube. It's not. I tried chasing it with a different 3/8" bit, but that didn't work. So I redrilled it with a letter V and finally a letter W. I didn't notice until later that it also says below the description that it takes a 25/64" bit. Confusing, but at least it didn't say it takes a bigger than needed bit.

 

[qquake]

I have problems with the Bumble Bee blanks. The yellow picks up sanding dust from the gray. I blew it off with compressed air, but that didn't help much. Still, it doesn't look too bad, and I've found that people don't notice it.

 

[KenB259]

I really like this color combo, in fact I have some matching hardware I built 4 or 5 years ago.

 

[egnald]

Now that's one Bumblebee I wouldn't want to be stung by! - Dave

 

[qquake]

Your rifle stock is gorgeous! What kind of rifle is that?

 

[KenB259]

Your rifle stock is gorgeous! What kind of rifle is that?

That is just a simple Ruger 10-22, that I highly modified. That is a Boyd gunstock that they manufacture from spectaply. They make stocks for virtually every gun you can think of. After seeing your beauty of a pen, I had to show you this.

 

[qquake]

That is just a simple Ruger 10-22, that I highly modified. That is a Boyd gunstock that they manufacture from spectaply. They make stocks for virtually every gun you can think of. After seeing your beauty of a pen, I had to show you this.

Very nice! I like it!