BSea
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I've been making several pens for my daughter's wedding (under 2 weeks now
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I bought a few Pua Shell Blanks from Brooks803. I also bought a few bottle stoppers. But this blank really isn't a good candidate for bottle stoppers, so I cut them up & made sierras. Here's where I stand today.
The cool thing about this blank is that you can reverse paint the inside several different ways to get a completely different effect. Basically from left to right:
1. Reverse painted the blank with some gloss black swirls, then completely reverse painted with a metallic blue.
2. Reverse painted with gloss black.
3. Reverse painted with metallic emerald green. I actually darkened the color with a little black & added a touch of metallic blue.
4. Reverse painted with some metallic purple swirls, then completely reverse painted with a gloss black. I think it was a wast of time doing the purple. It didn't hurt, but it isn't noticeable. This one is awaiting a tube, so it isn't polished. I'm not sure if it will go into a click sierra, or just a regular sierra.
5. This is just the opposite of #1. It has some blue metallic swirls then painted with gloss black.
6. Reverse painted with metallic blue.
7. This is the same as #5.
8. My last piece of Pua Shell from 1 of the bottle stoppers.
EDIT: I should point out that 1,5 & 7 where made from pen blanks, not from the cut up bottle stoppers. They are clearer. I also made them a little thicker in the middle which I couldn't do from the ones made from the bottle stoppers. I think the extra material in the middle helps since these blanks really have a 3-D effect to them.
Here's a close up of the blank from #7 before assembly.
).I bought a few Pua Shell Blanks from Brooks803. I also bought a few bottle stoppers. But this blank really isn't a good candidate for bottle stoppers, so I cut them up & made sierras. Here's where I stand today.
The cool thing about this blank is that you can reverse paint the inside several different ways to get a completely different effect. Basically from left to right:
1. Reverse painted the blank with some gloss black swirls, then completely reverse painted with a metallic blue.
2. Reverse painted with gloss black.
3. Reverse painted with metallic emerald green. I actually darkened the color with a little black & added a touch of metallic blue.
4. Reverse painted with some metallic purple swirls, then completely reverse painted with a gloss black. I think it was a wast of time doing the purple. It didn't hurt, but it isn't noticeable. This one is awaiting a tube, so it isn't polished. I'm not sure if it will go into a click sierra, or just a regular sierra.
5. This is just the opposite of #1. It has some blue metallic swirls then painted with gloss black.
6. Reverse painted with metallic blue.
7. This is the same as #5.
8. My last piece of Pua Shell from 1 of the bottle stoppers.
EDIT: I should point out that 1,5 & 7 where made from pen blanks, not from the cut up bottle stoppers. They are clearer. I also made them a little thicker in the middle which I couldn't do from the ones made from the bottle stoppers. I think the extra material in the middle helps since these blanks really have a 3-D effect to them.
Here's a close up of the blank from #7 before assembly.
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. Since the blank is so clear, it shows everything.
