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There has been some discussion about using water slide decals, and varying degrees of success with them. This was my first try and it worked perfectly. Expect more of these in the future. This one is Bamboo and Black Walnut, PSI Designer kit. The process was pretty straight forward. I printed...

I've been making bullet pens with British military crests on. Made about 650 in the last 6 months to raise money for the various military charities. It has been a learning process but we seem to have cracked it now but I've just had two come back to me from June last year when I first...

Here are some pics of my recent Decal Logo pens created for a customer & a couple other pens i've modified photo backgrounds of.

I thought that I'd post some of my latest flawed results. So, I made the decision to try a couple of different styles of pen kits and have paid the price for being impatient and for poor instructions. I thought I'd post a few pics of some that are not quite up to scratch as everyone...

I'm not all that happy with this one as I don't think it pops. The ivory blank needs to be a tad whiter. But pretty stoked as it's my first truly customised pen.

There was a 2009 thread on engraving circuit board pens. End summary seemed to be: Yes, you can laser engrave the cast resin pens -- they frost less than acrylic, so you really have to fill them No, you probably don't want to do that -- because it could look odd to have a logo or text...

Read in a book at b&n a technique for transferring images from magazines onto packaging tape. Think this might work similar to decals. pick image from glossy magazine. place packaging tape sticky side up on table. place image side down on packaging tape being careful not to have bubbles. rub...

Hello all, I am trying my hand a making some decals for pens. But so far, not happy with results. I have tried "Testors" clear and white decal paper found at local hobby shop. These are inkjet printer type. I have an HP inkjet printer here at home which prints nice photos, but when I try...

First attempt at using photoshop to simulate scrimshaw with decal. Slimline kit with .308 cartridge and euro finial. Antler with decal on top. Drilled out cartridge and custom fit wood/tube in the bottom. Picture is terrible.... taken on the hood of the car before I gave this to a friend in...