mick
Member
Got a quick question and Connie's not here to answer me(or tell me what to do)...lol
I just finished a snakeskin Statesman and altho I've done lots of snakeskin pens I've never done one as a full sized Statesman before. It's a big ol honkin' piece of Skin!
My question is since it's such a big blank there's a lot of the paler coloring on this skin. I'm guessing its the "sides" of the skin as the pattern tapers off before you get to the belly scales.Normally on the smaller style pens the pattern wraps almost all the way around the pen.
If it were you putting this pen together would you locate the clip over the seam, in the middle of the paler area without much pattern or over the center of the most figured part, placing the plain pale part in the back of the pen?
Just looking for opinions before I press the finial into place.
Thanks folks
I just finished a snakeskin Statesman and altho I've done lots of snakeskin pens I've never done one as a full sized Statesman before. It's a big ol honkin' piece of Skin!
My question is since it's such a big blank there's a lot of the paler coloring on this skin. I'm guessing its the "sides" of the skin as the pattern tapers off before you get to the belly scales.Normally on the smaller style pens the pattern wraps almost all the way around the pen.
If it were you putting this pen together would you locate the clip over the seam, in the middle of the paler area without much pattern or over the center of the most figured part, placing the plain pale part in the back of the pen?
Just looking for opinions before I press the finial into place.
Thanks folks