TimS124
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Late last year, we moved from the west coast to the east coast. A couple weeks ago, a buddy from the west coast came to visit and while they were out this way, they toured the Jack Daniels distillery.
I've made a couple pens for him in the past so when he said he has a collection of Jack Daniels stuff, I had to point out that there are pen blanks available that were cut from the staves of used Jack Daniels whiskey barrels.
So, here's one of the two Jack Daniels pens I'll be sending him as soon as I make a custom case. The pen kit is the antique pewter "Deer Hunter" from Penn State and I'll swap out the kit's ink for Schmidt Easy Flow 9000 refills.
The black stripe is original charred surface from the inside of the barrel stave this blank came from! Drilling a 3/8" diameter hole that close to the edge was uneventful (I truly expected to blow out the side during drilling).
While the epoxy holding the tube in place was drying, I applied generous amounts of thin CA to the charred surface to strengthen it. After turning and sanding, that left some shiny spots in the deep crevices where the sand paper couldn't reach.
The Oak body was finished with 4 coats of Liberon Finishing Oil. Each coat was applied with 0000 steel wool which helped knock down the charred section's shiny spots.
I'll put a better photo in a later response here once I figure out where my photography booth ended up during the move (or whip up a reasonable substitute).
I've made a couple pens for him in the past so when he said he has a collection of Jack Daniels stuff, I had to point out that there are pen blanks available that were cut from the staves of used Jack Daniels whiskey barrels.
So, here's one of the two Jack Daniels pens I'll be sending him as soon as I make a custom case. The pen kit is the antique pewter "Deer Hunter" from Penn State and I'll swap out the kit's ink for Schmidt Easy Flow 9000 refills.
The black stripe is original charred surface from the inside of the barrel stave this blank came from! Drilling a 3/8" diameter hole that close to the edge was uneventful (I truly expected to blow out the side during drilling).
While the epoxy holding the tube in place was drying, I applied generous amounts of thin CA to the charred surface to strengthen it. After turning and sanding, that left some shiny spots in the deep crevices where the sand paper couldn't reach.
The Oak body was finished with 4 coats of Liberon Finishing Oil. Each coat was applied with 0000 steel wool which helped knock down the charred section's shiny spots.
I'll put a better photo in a later response here once I figure out where my photography booth ended up during the move (or whip up a reasonable substitute).