Urushi Raden Trials

[Teodor]

Hello Everyone,

One step ahead is the Urushi Raden.
This one took me back to basics, the best way of learning.
Also a short video,

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Nice weekend all,
Teo

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[FGarbrecht]

Very nice. I don't see any barrel threads, how do the cap and barrel fit together, friction fit? This is abalone, right?

 

[Teodor]

Very nice. I don't see any barrel threads, how do the cap and barrel fit together, friction fit? This is abalone, right?

Yes, abalone flakes. With a middle screw, made separately.

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[Pierre---]

A beauty Teo! Can't wait to see the next one, beyond basics...
I love the colors of the mother-of-pearl. I tried to crush some thin mop pieces, but half of the fragments were whitish and not so attractive. Does yours come from Watanabe (I wonder if they die it) or did you make it yourself?

 

[johncrane]

looks really nice Teo! very neat work!

 

[FGarbrecht]

A beauty Teo! Can't wait to see the next one, beyond basics...
I love the colors of the mother-of-pearl. I tried to crush some thin mop pieces, but half of the fragments were whitish and not so attractive. Does yours come from Watanabe (I wonder if they die it) or did you make it yourself?

Good question. I bought some mother-of-pearl flakes (from a vendor on Amazon) and they are mostly iridescent white. Not bad looking but nothing like the beautiful multicolored confetti on this pen!

 

[Teodor]

A beauty Teo! Can't wait to see the next one, beyond basics...
I love the colors of the mother-of-pearl. I tried to crush some thin mop pieces, but half of the fragments were whitish and not so attractive. Does yours come from Watanabe (I wonder if they die it) or did you make it yourself?

Mine look natural to me, various sizes and thickness.Depends of the locations, mines are New Zealand and México.

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[Teodor]

Good question. I bought some mother-of-pearl flakes (from a vendor on Amazon) and they are mostly iridescent white. Not bad looking but nothing like the beautiful multicolored confetti on this pen!

I think it depends on how the light hit them, I have a couple that are completely black but on different angles gives blue or red reflection.

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[Teodor]

Some updates with pictures. The pen start to gain gloss. I will have to add a lot more layer till all the abalone flakes are covered

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[Penultimate]

Beautiful work


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[Teodor]

This experiment tourned out pretty nice.
Some flakes are little visible, a couple more layers should cover them all.

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[PenHog]

Wow, super nice.

 

[JPW062]

Really nice work.

 

[ikenassi]

Very Nice!

 

[magpens]

WOW !! . VERY attractive !!