Kenn, I don't think there's anything wrong with the pen or the turning. But my 2 cents worth, the yellow is a little...I don't know for sure, but maybe not the...
I received the notice of my acceptance yesterday, and I see that I have been inducted as the 20th member of this august group. I came into this craft through...
Agreed... it doesn't come together in this pen, in my eyes. Hard to pinpoint something, the cigar pen not being my favorite anyway. It just amplifies the...
My first real message to this group is a question. There was a recent message on this (maybe the other) group about attaching clips down in a recess in the...
Yeah Russ I think that may have been me, I was playing around with the idea of recessing the clip on a cigar pen like Rick K does on his 7mm you can see his...
Jay since our last leaf embedding discussion, I watched a program on chopper building. They did some gold leaf on the paint job and made circular patterns with...
I bounced some ideas off Mike Roux few weeks ago, it was about an aluminum pen, I was wondering about making a blind hole, cutting a slot intercepting it,...
Very creative!!! On your gold leaf ideas: Do you ever look through fountain pen magazines like Pen World International (in print) or Stylophiles (online tfor...
First of all, welcome Russ. Secondly Rich, now that you reminded me...I never quite got what you were getting at with that. First, what is it, that you are...
Kenn, I like the clip too. Very neatly done. Very uniform twisting. But, I think I'm more interested in how you formed the tip and finial ends of the pen. I'd...
Kenn - I watched the same show - in fact, watched so many "chopper" shows, felt a tremendous need for a tatoo by the end of the evening. Then I realized that a...
... shows, felt a tremendous need for a tatoo by the end of the evening. ... got most of mine in the Army and then none for 10 years then I just got my...
... magazines like Pen World International (in print) or Stylophiles (online tfor the rest of this year, will be in print 1/04)? I think you'll find some...
Oops looks like I was out of the loop on this one. Are we talking about making the top barrel and finial solid then sliding a flat clip through a slot in the...
... I think I'm more interested in how you formed the tip and finial ends of the pen. Well the lower barrel and nib section were kind of easy. I pressed the...
Weel, I feel like on old dog trying to learn a new trick. I have exclusivly used CA for my tubes from the get go, but now am trying 5 min epoxy. I had several...
I know many of you are not into "antiqued" pens but I am trying a number of different ideas. This is a proto-type of a pen done over the weekend. It is...
Paul, I use the 5 min epoxy and I put a thin coat on the inside of the blank and use Bill B,s wax to plug the tubes, coat the tube and insert it.This has...
This pen and another similar one was what I kept thinking of when you mentioned your ideas. I saw these recently, they are phenomenal to behold. Solid...
First, an 8 mm (.315") or O (.316") bit is pretty tight and there's not a large gap if you're using epoxy. If you want to try plugs and don't want to get the...
That looks nice! I am still using a laptop, and can't tell color too well. You pierced the shell and put it over the tenon? Is the shell also aniqued...
The case is an old 30-30 case I had laying around. These cases have a wide rim (where the clip mounts) and are necked down in size so I had to cut the neck...
Well I pulled out the cast today and I wasn't happy at all. First the tubes came right out. I used a spray adhesive to put the leaf on the tube per the...
