My Segmented Pen Entry into Contest

I thought I would give this pen its just due by showing and explaining its making in its own thread. Sort of proud of this one. It did fight me but in the end I won I think. The pen blank is constructed of a black acrylic which I poured in Silmar41 resin and has aluminum dots and bars inserted in the lower barrel. These were done using my lathe with an indexing wheel and my router setup no lasers were used.

The cap has the same black acrylic and trim rings of aluminum. I then turned down the center portion to reveal a window which I proceeded to use some Irish Linen thread which they use in pool cue making. This is where this blank fought me. I got it wrapped and then as I usually do with using fishing pole makers thread, I coated with a color preserver. and cast in Liquid Diamonds resin. Well when I took out of the pot the thread turned black. In the 3rd photo I show here you will see I was using black and white thread which I thought would look nice as a contrast. So I proceded to turn that off and try again this time using Silmar41 thinking that may work. Same thing happened. To make a long story short I tried 4 different times doing various things like top coating with nail polish, coating with a thin layer of resin before I cast and all failed. So I reverted to fishing pole thread and used a metalic thread . As it turned out I think it was a happy mistake because it looks better.

So here is my rendition of a segmented pen entered into Segmenting Contest. Thanks for looking and any comments or questions always welcomed.

Hi John - I voted for this pen, as I think it is stunning.

I thought that pen might have been yours. Voted for it. Love your work.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

This is stunning pen, nice craftsmanship!

Whoa! well done! I'm thinking that all of the "top 3" were super in their own right, but this one was exceptionally well done.

Lovely pen, John. I also voted for it.....I think that it was the Irish linen that clinched it.

Wow John! That is a looker! Well done.

Quite Nice!

Beautiful work John. It got my vote, and I knew it was yours.

Simply amazing work.

Great work John. I loved that pen.

I thought this pen was stunning and I voted for it. Your work is always amazing and inspirational.

Wayne

I think this one was exceptionally well done. Got my number one vote.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. At least I know there are some that still like some of my work so I will keep showing pens when I get done. I liked this one myself. I think the thread wrap on the cap actually looks better than what I had originally planned so a mistake that turned out well. I wish all my mistakes would do that.

Beautiful work John. Glad to see you're still at it.

BradG said:

Beautiful work John. Glad to see you're still at it.

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Thanks Brad. Glad to see you here. I read your post and reply on an older thread about our friend Steven (SkipRat) He probably was the hardest passing that I encountered here. Along with you and many others we were entertained by his creative works and continuation of pushing boundaries when it came to making special pens. As with your talent it was always a pleasure when the sharing and actually fun jabbing comments were exchanged. Over the years we have lost some of the most talented people I ever seen come through here. I try to take the ideas and craftsmanship that I have picked up from so many here to once in awhile make a few pens. I am not actively making as many pens as I use to but always want to keep my toe in the waters. I hope you are too. Sincerely miss my friend Steven.

Really good pen John!!!!