Lucite Jr Statesman II

[JimGo]

Blue Lucite on a Jr Stateman II kit. The pictures don't do the material justice - there's a depth tho the shine that is just amazing. Well worth trying at least once!

Open and closed, for your viewing pleasure. As always, comments and critiques are welcome...will be posting it over in the Critiques forum too.

 

[Darley]

Jim very nice pen, I like this colour, did you cast your own?

 

[alamocdc]

Jim, that is really pretty! [^][] Nice job!

 

[JimGo]

Serge,
No, this stuff isn't a home brew - I got this through Anthony (via Lou) a few months ago during the Provo show. I am pretty sure Anthony got it from http://www.PipeMakers.org

 

[Darley]

Thanks Jim for the link

 

[nilsatcraft]

Wow, very sharp! Nice work, Jim.

 

[jvsank]

A very pretty pen

 

[JHFerrell]

Jim...that is a great looking pen. Makes me want to head out to the shop and get some more practice in.

 

[ashaw]

Jim
Good looking pen. I have some of that material comming today. Any difference in working with that material.

Again Good job.
Alan

 

[rtjw]

I love the color. Man that is really Blue. Great Job.

 

[coach]

I ordered some yesterday!

 

[JimGo]

Alan,
The lucite is pretty hard, and likes to chip. I knocked the edges off using some sandpaper stuck to the faceplate for my lathe, but if you have a belt or disc sander, that will work too. This pen was turned mostly using a scraper; next time, I'll rough it down to close to the appropriate size, then switch to a skew just because the scraper tended to encourage chipping, whereas when I use a skew, I can control the aggressiveness of the cut much better. However, this may be due to my lack of experience with the scraper.

Best of luck with your pen - I can't wait to see it! Yours too, Coach!