This is a pen I just finished up today. I was inspired when I went searching knife sites for my mosaic brass inserts and had the idea about doing a pen that kind of had the same backbone as a knife.
Here are the materials I used:
Outside: Black Palm
Inside: Brazilian Cherry
Aluminum: 1/8th Inch center
This pen fought me from the very start! Black Palm is a real pain in the butt to deal with, but it looks pretty sharp when finished. I put a CA finish on it and then buffed it out with Steel Wool for a satin finish look. I will also say that because of the 1/8th inch aluminum backbone the blank heats up VERY fast and was difficult to drill and blewout twice.![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Here are some of the steps I took...I made new cap and lower barrel accents out of Black Palm as well:
As always, larger images can be seen on my IAP Gallery or my Flickr site which are both linked below:biggrin:
Here are the materials I used:
Outside: Black Palm
Inside: Brazilian Cherry
Aluminum: 1/8th Inch center
This pen fought me from the very start! Black Palm is a real pain in the butt to deal with, but it looks pretty sharp when finished. I put a CA finish on it and then buffed it out with Steel Wool for a satin finish look. I will also say that because of the 1/8th inch aluminum backbone the blank heats up VERY fast and was difficult to drill and blewout twice.
![6561366323_fbbc6464b1_z.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7161%2F6561366323_fbbc6464b1_z.jpg&hash=d36b43b21f1c356fba920a3be100198f)
![6561366239_ee897bbeb1_z.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7157%2F6561366239_ee897bbeb1_z.jpg&hash=ca181f2af06fa96d6f854fad5d3918dc)
Here are some of the steps I took...I made new cap and lower barrel accents out of Black Palm as well:
![6561366371_862bfbfc86_z.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7023%2F6561366371_862bfbfc86_z.jpg&hash=d7a58f9baa1aadd21d408ce747a047d3)
As always, larger images can be seen on my IAP Gallery or my Flickr site which are both linked below:biggrin: