Same pens / different look

[stilgar]

Here are two pictures of the same pen set. They look like different pens but I did not change the camera or lighting.

Excuse my sloppy image merge. I am trying a new tool and I don't really like it.

 

[tetrault]

wish the image was larger. Is that a turquoise band on the set? If so did you buy them or make them? If you made them, what tools did use /how did you do it?

Tnx,
Mark

 

[stilgar]

The band is acrylic from Woodturningz. I laminated them into the blanks before turning. This is a little closer picture and you can see that I did not get the sizes correct and had to re-do the set.

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I do have some Jade that I have been playing around with but nothing yet as it has proven to be a pain to work with.

 

[Johnathan]

With so much character to wood, I'm sure you have noticed just moving in different angles that the wood changes a bit just looking at it. I'm not shocked at all that you would have a different look because the pens are at different angles reflecting the light differently. Nice pens.