blue

First time posting any of my work, haven't been turning consistently for a while. Euro kits from woodcrafter, one done in Tamarind spalt blue. The other pen, cap is acrylic and body is polyester.

I picked a piece of blue celluloid out of my “special blanks” drawer and made this pen yesterday. Celluloid (cellulose nitrate) is just lovely material to work with, the very best in my opinion. I added silver accents and used blue Italian acrylic for the cap finial and section. The nib is a...

My wife mentioned that she wanted to help me make my pens . . . so I took her out to the rock pile so that she could pick one. This is one that she picked. She is now competent with the slab saw, trim saw and grinding machines! It has been fun to see her enjoy this as much as I do! We were...

Hi Friends! I'm looking for a blank in Carolina blue ... anyone have a source? Thanks!!

One of my favorite customers bought a new Beemer and wants a special pen made ... Majestic Jr. with white upper and BMW blue lower. So I'm on the hunt for a blue plastic (acrylic, alumilite, whatever) blank that matches the blue in the BMW logo. Should be easy .... right? :wink: Help us...

I'm going to be dyeing and stabilizing wood myself later today as soon as UPS shows up with my resin order and could use some guidance on dye to resin ratios. Using Cactus Juice resin and alumilite dye, trying for a nice mid to dark blue in Hemlock wood (Pine/Fir type wood) Any advice on a...

I tried a Wall Street II Gold pen with curly maple dyed blue, and a friction polish finish. for now on I will be using CA, but for this guy will the dye Fade out? how long will it take?

A few weeks ago I attended my first IAP meeting. It was in Atlanta at Woodcraft and Jonathan Brooks gave a demonstration of his PR casting techniques. When I arrived this one was already in the mold. When he removed it from the mold I jumped at the chance to buy it. Today I turned it, sanded...