jtdesigns
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Hey all,
I haven't been around for quite a awhile and wanted to share a pen I am working on for my brother-in-law who is earning his doctorate in Russian Studies. I will present this to him at his graduation in May. He was given a watch by a friend of his he met in while studying in Russia. The guy was a submariner and the watch is one the old Soviet Union issued to submarine officers.
This took over well over 8 watches worth of parts to complete. I have been working on this for quite awhile and am finally ready to cast in PR. The second photo shows the part of the back of the watch case that I was able to use because it had a serial number and something written is Ruski.
My plan is present in a nice box that will be adorned with some USSR uniform pins (shown also). While I am not thrilled with the fact that it is USSR memorabilia, I hope it will still be unique, nonetheless. I plan to team this with Statesmen Fountain Pen hardware. Sorry for the crappy photos, I don't have my photo tent set up but will for when I get it completely done. Critiques always welcome.
I haven't been around for quite a awhile and wanted to share a pen I am working on for my brother-in-law who is earning his doctorate in Russian Studies. I will present this to him at his graduation in May. He was given a watch by a friend of his he met in while studying in Russia. The guy was a submariner and the watch is one the old Soviet Union issued to submarine officers.
This took over well over 8 watches worth of parts to complete. I have been working on this for quite awhile and am finally ready to cast in PR. The second photo shows the part of the back of the watch case that I was able to use because it had a serial number and something written is Ruski.
My plan is present in a nice box that will be adorned with some USSR uniform pins (shown also). While I am not thrilled with the fact that it is USSR memorabilia, I hope it will still be unique, nonetheless. I plan to team this with Statesmen Fountain Pen hardware. Sorry for the crappy photos, I don't have my photo tent set up but will for when I get it completely done. Critiques always welcome.
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