A Few New Ones

[crokett]

Spalted Maple commander Fountain Pen

Leopard wood Churchill Fountain Pen

Denim. Glued to the tube then clear cast over it. I'm not sure if I will do any more of these. Denim is thick and the pen looks too fat IMO. Any thinner and I would turn through the resin.

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[RGVPens]

Very nice! The denim is a little plump...but a really cool idea. After I get a few more pens under my belt I may experiment with casting blanks. The possibilities boggle the mind!

I tried my first piece of Spalted Maple the other day...found the dreaded "worm hole"! But I've got more, so I'll save shavings from the next attempt and fill it with the aid of thin CA. Then I can hide it under the clip of a Sierra.

 

[crokett]

Very nice! The denim is a little plump...but a really cool idea. After I get a few more pens under my belt I may experiment with casting blanks. The possibilities boggle the mind!

I tried my first piece of Spalted Maple the other day...found the dreaded "worm hole"! But I've got more, so I'll save shavings from the next attempt and fill it with the aid of thin CA. Then I can hide it under the clip of a Sierra.

I was able to turn the worm hole out of this one. In my experience, filling voids with coffee grounds works the best, even better than shavings. I take a K-cup from the stash and use that. Convenient storage and its ground very fine. You can fill a lot of voids with 1 k cup. Besides somehow we ended up with a lot of decaf that neither of us drinks. Drip in a bit of thin CA, add the grounds, then soak in thin CA.

I'll do other fabric, just not denim. I was going to try winding yarn around a tube but after the denim experience likely won't.

 

[RGVPens]

I was able to turn the worm hole out of this one. In my experience, filling voids with coffee grounds works the best, even better than shavings. I take a K-cup from the stash and use that. Convenient storage and its ground very fine. You can fill a lot of voids with 1 k cup. Besides somehow we ended up with a lot of decaf that neither of us drinks. Drip in a bit of thin CA, add the grounds, then soak in thin CA.

I'll do other fabric, just not denim. I was going to try winding yarn around a tube but after the denim experience likely won't.

Thanks for the coffee grounds info!

 

[sorcerertd]

I've seen some cool denim micarta blanks. that might be worth trying for something you can cut into and then ca over.

 

[crokett]

Thanks. I will look at those, but part of the attraction is to use actual denim. I might see if I can find a thinner denim fabric.