Has anyone tried

[jleiwig]

casting some real tree or other camo fabric for the top of a bullet pen?

I'm getting sick of waiting for PSI to get their woodland camo back in stock, so I was thinking up other alternatives and this seemed like a good idea.

You could even take a picture of camo from the web and print it on a label and cast the label if you didn't have any camo fabric on hand.

I'd love to see some pictures if someone tries it out.

 

[traderdon55]

If you can find camo material with a small pattern it looks very nice. One of members of our local IAP chapter has made several of them. He just wrapped them around the tube with ca just like you do making a denim pen.

 

[kmla]

You would have trademark issues if you did that...

The Realtree brand and their images are copyrighted.

Just an FYI.

 

[dexter0606]

Justin
I get my acrylic camo from WilliamWoodWrite (Ontario). He ships worldwide and has excellent service. Sells two types - Camo and Desert Storm Camo.
My pictures don't show the camo too well. Sorry

www.penblanks.ca

Jeff

 

[jleiwig]

The Realtree brand and their images are copyrighted.

Just an FYI.

These wouldn't be for resale. Just gifts to hunter friends.

 

[BRobbins629]

Here's a label cast I did several years ago. Pattern downloaded from the internet.

 

[mbroberg]

Justin,

Are you aware that Exotic Blanks sells several types of camo blanks?
http://www.exoticblanks.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=2&Itemid=60
Mike

 

[jleiwig]

Justin,

Are you aware that Exotic Blanks sells several types of camo blanks?
http://www.exoticblanks.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=2&Itemid=60
Mike

Yup, and no offense to Ed and Dawn, but they don't even begin to compare to the one PSI sells. PSI's is the best looking camo I've seen.

 

[workinforwood]

If 7mm size is ok for you, then you can just buy some arrow shafts in camo and cast them in clear. Then you have almost no work to do at all, and the camo on the shafts looks perfect to me. Also..the shafts are lighter in weight than a tube, so that helps with balance. Casting fabric would mean getting the fabric of a right size, blacking the tubes, gluing on the fabric, praying there's no bubbles that appear from the fabric and you will have a seam, regardless how well you do it.

 

[jleiwig]

If 7mm size is ok for you, then you can just buy some arrow shafts in camo and cast them in clear. Then you have almost no work to do at all, and the camo on the shafts looks perfect to me. Also..the shafts are lighter in weight than a tube, so that helps with balance. Casting fabric would mean getting the fabric of a right size, blacking the tubes, gluing on the fabric, praying there's no bubbles that appear from the fabric and you will have a seam, regardless how well you do it.

Interesting Idea on the arrow tubes. I'll have to look into that one.

 

[curlyjoe]

Justin,
Take a look at berea.
They have the same camo as Penblanks.ca

 

[JoeHodge1978]

I know this reply is a few days late but here is a site that has 2 nice cammo patterns.I bought alot of them a while back when they were on sale...scroll down to the bottom of the page

http://www.beartoothwoods.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_60

 

[armyturner]

Ernie over at Bear Tooth Woods has nice looking woodland camo and swampland camo. His service is hard to beat.

 

[JoeHodge1978]

I have to agree...he is about the only other place(other than psi)where I buy blanks online.