patina

It's been a long time since I turned anything. I had to take apart my workshop last fall cause we were changing from an oil furnace to propane and then just as I was getting organized to start turning again, we broke a water pipe and I had to enter the Year of Reno Hell. I've had some extended...

My two latest pens. Each takes about 2 weeks to turn, polish, patina, finish and polish. Best finish I've found yet is to hit it with spray lacquer, then sand with 8000, then apply 9 coats of CA, sand to 12,000 and polish. The top pen has the first turned brass nib (what do you call the cone end...

I've only recently joined and being the sort of person who immediately jumps into the deep end, I've skipped turning wood or acrylic pens. Instead, I turn pens using copper round bar. On this particular pen, I noticed that there are tiny air bubbles trapped under the finish. I wet sand working...