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I've been making pens with casings and wanted to do something different with the top half. I used a snakeskin I cast before but was afraid to try the rim because it might chip. I've been playing with antler and thought it might ba a nice material to try. I'm very pleased with my first. The engraving made it pop IMHO. Questions and Comments are always Welcome.
 

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Kenny Durrant said:
I've been making pens with casings and wanted to do something different with the top half. I used a snakeskin I cast before but was afraid to try the rim because it might chip. I've been playing with antler and thought it might ba a nice material to try. I'm very pleased with my first. The engraving made it pop IMHO. Questions and Comments are always Welcome.
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Monty said:
Not sure what you mean by "but was afraid to try the rim because it might chip".
I've use cast snakeskin on 308, 30-06, and 300 Win Mags with no problems.
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I cast and turned this one about a month ago. I turns the neck, bullet end, with no problem. I was concerned about the primer end. The ring that the receiver used to eject the shell. Now that this was successful I'll try another snake and some wood. I give a lot of these to random people and it would be cool if I engraved something that pertains to what they do.
 

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Nice looking pen, I have been making these for several years. In the past I have been using real copper bullets and melting the lead out of them, then file a flat spot on the copper jacket and drilling a hole in it for the refill to go through.I have recently discovered that bear tooth woods carries replica bullet nibs for slimline pens. I am gonna give them a try. They also have the scope rifle clips for slimline pens.
 
keithlong said:
Nice looking pen, I have been making these for several years. In the past I have been using real copper bullets and melting the lead out of them, then file a flat spot on the copper jacket and drilling a hole in it for the refill to go through.I have recently discovered that bear tooth woods carries replica bullet nibs for slimline pens. I am gonna give them a try. They also have the scope rifle clips for slimline pens.
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Thank You Keith. I've seen those that drill the actual bullet and as much as I like the looks I never wanted to put forth the effort to give it a try. I'll sure look into the replicas.
 
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