BSea
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I had a red dino bone blank for a few weeks (a long time for me in my short pen career). Anyway, I decided to make a cigar pen from it. It was my 1st cigar pen, and I was a little excited to get it done. Well, I heard how hard some of the tru-stone was to turn, and this one said an intermediate tru-stone. Well, I did take a long time getting it round. Took a long time drilling it so it wouldn't blow it out. At this point I thought I was home free. Well, did you know that it pays to pay attention to instructions? And if you get the bushings mixed up on a cigar, you basically have some really nice looking tubes? Well, if you don't know these things, just ask me.:redface:
Well, after a day of getting away from pen making, I thought I'd make a long clicker. Partly because they are easy once they are drilled, and I really like those pens. When I was deciding what blank to use. I remembered I had a block of ebony. So I decided to use that. When cutting the ebony, I saw the small piece of red dino done that was left over from my last . . . . . ummmm . . . . . . . project. I thought it looked good with the ebony, and I'd just read this thread:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79007
So I decide to combine that idea & my remnant of red dino bone with some sheet aluminum to accent the fake centerband. Here's the result.
I did find out that if you want to really learn how to finish, then practice on something black. I spent more time finishing this pen than any other, and I still see some scratches.
Critiques & comments welcome.
Well, after a day of getting away from pen making, I thought I'd make a long clicker. Partly because they are easy once they are drilled, and I really like those pens. When I was deciding what blank to use. I remembered I had a block of ebony. So I decided to use that. When cutting the ebony, I saw the small piece of red dino done that was left over from my last . . . . . ummmm . . . . . . . project. I thought it looked good with the ebony, and I'd just read this thread:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79007
So I decide to combine that idea & my remnant of red dino bone with some sheet aluminum to accent the fake centerband. Here's the result.
I did find out that if you want to really learn how to finish, then practice on something black. I spent more time finishing this pen than any other, and I still see some scratches.
Critiques & comments welcome.