BSea
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Here's my latest. And the best part, everything including the kit were freebies. The blank came from Brooks803, and the kit came from my trade buddy. (although my wife doesn't understand the free part. She thinks I'm financing Jonathon's next vacation. I told her to remember that the next time she comes home with a "FREE" pair of shoes because she bought 2 other pair.)
When I was getting ready to reverse paint the blank, I went back & forth between black & red. I ended up painting it a metallic orange. I was hoping it would make the red stand out a little. All it did was tone down the black. That's why it looks kinda gray on the top part. But it beats brass showing through.
The cap was fun to turn, and to me, it looks like a marble imbedded in the top of the pen. For that reason alone, I'm coming around to the retro style.
When I was getting ready to reverse paint the blank, I went back & forth between black & red. I ended up painting it a metallic orange. I was hoping it would make the red stand out a little. All it did was tone down the black. That's why it looks kinda gray on the top part. But it beats brass showing through.
The cap was fun to turn, and to me, it looks like a marble imbedded in the top of the pen. For that reason alone, I'm coming around to the retro style.
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