Loving this Ebonite.

[Carl Pepka]

German Ebonite, Blackberry and Blackberry swirl, Aurora Black Opal and Silver.

 

[DrD]

Really, really nice! Great job.

 

[Jim15]

WOW! That's a great looking pen.

 

[MRDucks2]

Quite nice.


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[magpens]

Superb design and workmanship !!!!!

 

[mark james]

I love the accents!

 

[SteveG]

Your pen is alive with color...the Black Opal accents are very nice. Did you hand work and turn the opal? I would like to learn to work with opal. Any suggestions for learning how?

 

[Carl Pepka]

Your pen is alive with color...the Black Opal accents are very nice. Did you hand work and turn the opal? I would like to learn to work with opal. Any suggestions for learning how?

Thanks, it's lab opal. I did turn the band and hand carved the piece for the clip. It's very similar to real opal but a bit more stable and a lot cheaper. Sharp tools a must, I used carbide on a metal lathe for the band, cant take off to much or the end will chip. Dry and wet sand up to 1500 then buff. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraOpals?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=740808517

 

[Tony Salvatore]

Carl, so sorry it been so long since I've been here. But you pens have been amazing. So glad I am so close.


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[SteveG]

Thanks, it's lab opal. I did turn the band and hand carved the piece for the clip. It's very similar to real opal but a bit more stable and a lot cheaper. Sharp tools a must, I used carbide on a metal lathe for the band, cant take off to much or the end will chip. Dry and wet sand up to 1500 then buff. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraOpals?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=740808517

Thanks for the info. I will look in to this and may give it a try. I have an assortment of black opal on hand, but those will probably will be too difficult to work with. I might just experiment a bit, and see how much trouble I can get into

 

[Carl Pepka]

Thanks for the info. I will look in to this and may give it a try. I have an assortment of black opal on hand, but those will probably will be too difficult to work with. I might just experiment a bit, and see how much trouble I can get into

Good luck and post the results.