Mexican Agate

[crabcreekind]

This is a rhodium jr gent 2. I put mexican agate on it that i picked up from exotics a while ago. It turned out awesome. I reverse painted it red.

 

[seamus7227]

I love this one James! Very well done!

 

[firewhatfire]

I like this stuff as well. It is some of my favorite of the tru-stone blanks.

Phil

This is a rhodium jr gent 2. I put mexican agate on it that i picked up from exotics a while ago. It turned out awesome. I reverse painted it red.

 

[Whaler]

Beautifully done James. That blank is on my need to order list.

 

[brownsfn2]

Very nice. I don't think I have seen that effect yet with the red reverse painting. Really a great look. Good job!

 

[BSea]

Very nice pen. The fit & finish look perfect to me.

I thought that all tru-stone was opaque. Did it change the color any by reverse painting? I've only done a few tru-stone pens, and I didn't need to reverse paint them. But I'm certainly no expert on tru-stone, and based on the black one I did for my wife, don't intend to be. The black is really hard.

 

[Jim Burr]

I have two of these...good reason to get the fence post outa my B---t!!

 

[Glen Schumann]

Looks good!

 

[crabcreekind]

Very nice pen. The fit & finish look perfect to me.

I thought that all tru-stone was opaque. Did it change the color any by reverse painting? I've only done a few tru-stone pens, and I didn't need to reverse paint them. But I'm certainly no expert on tru-stone, and based on the black one I did for my wife, don't intend to be. The black is really hard.

This was pretty soft to turn. Little bit softer than an AA. The reverse paint made it a little more red. But it did cover up the brass. There is some spots that you can see the shimmer of the brass, must have been my faulty painting or something. But i want to try black reverse paint next time, and see if I get a awesome red and black contrast.

 

[Jim Burr]

Very nice pen. The fit & finish look perfect to me.

This was pretty soft to turn. Little bit softer than an AA. The reverse paint made it a little more red. But it did cover up the brass. There is some spots that you can see the shimmer of the brass, must have been my faulty painting or something. But i want to try black reverse paint next time, and see if I get a awesome red and black contrast.

Ha!!! My black tubes are drying as we speak! Two more coats and it's good to go.

 

[Bowl Slinger]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[Jim Burr]

Holy cow!!! James, by all means...black is the way to go for tubes!!! I had two blanks and forgot to paint the first set...Sorry Ed!! The second one I did right and it really shows!! Pic's tomorrow because it's a closed with a finial, my first. No more thread theft!:wink:

 

[Tanner]

That's a beautiful pen! Excellent craftsmanship!