Drstrangefart
Member
I know, my browser and the online pic resizer were arguing today. But, this is bloodwood with construction paper veneering work. I had it through both barrels and it looked AMAZING. The paper naturally split during nib press-in, and I tried VERY hard to salvage it, as I was looking for a PITH pen out of it. I lost the lower barrel entirely and had to scrub it. This meant re-loading the mandrel, which seemed to be wobbling, causing an OOR issue. I went ahead and finished it off and made a killer blue&white PR centerband. Sadly, the outside of the transmission was too large, causing the centerband to split upon installation and making it impossible to press the top barrel on. Had to fix that, and made the new centerband out of dyed box elder.