Snakeskin pen blanks

[ctboy]

Is it possible to use snake sheddings for pens, or must it be the actual skin?

 

[gerryr]

Have you seen what's left when a snakes sheds it's skin? It's virtually transparent. I don't think it would work very well.

 

[Charles]

I have to agree with gerry, Snake sheds would also have very little color and they would not be plyable to mount to the pen tube. I have made several of these blanks and skin is the way to go. Good luck!

 

[ctboy]

Well, if you dyed the shedding, would it help any?

 

[gerryr]

Try it and post pictures of the result.

 

[Johnathan]

I really doubt it will work. Sorry. You could collect a bunch of sheddings and put them in a PR mold. You could get some really neat variations that way.

 

[gerryr]

Originally posted by Johnathan
<br />I really doubt it will work. Sorry. You could collect a bunch of sheddings and put them in a PR mold. You could get some really neat variations that way.

And dye them different colors. That could be really interesting.

 

[ctboy]

Thanks for your input. I've never casted in PR. Would an epoxy work to cast on the outside instead of P.R.?

 

[gerryr]

Depends on the type of epoxy. The kind we use to glue tubes in wouldn't work very well. The kind that is used to coat the thread on fishing rods is actually an epoxy casting resin and would work, but it would be extremely expensive. PR is terribly difficult to cast.