Decided to try a hybrid with the a Band-It, from Ecotic Blanks. I made the blank consisting of stabilized box elder and Alumilite clear, swirled red and yellow. The tubes were painted red. The center and and matching finial were inlayed with crushed red opal. Finish is Glu Boost. Comments and critiques are welcome.
Hybrid Band-It
- Thread starter KenB259
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egnald
Member
Wow. That's Gorgeous! - Dave
JohnU
Member
Looked great. The crushed red Opal in the finial is an eye catcher!
KMCloonan
Member
Very Nice. It's going to be tough making pens without the custom finial and center band now that we know how much those add to the overall look of the pen.
I'll always do a custom finial on these. That's optional on this pen, the center band is mandatory.
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
Awesome! I'm a sucker for the finial and center band, but this is really attractive. Well done and thanks for sharing. 
Woodchipper
Member
Outstanding pens. If the group keeps turning out pens like that, I'll take up knitting.
RDHals
Member
That is a beautiful pen. Everything, the blank, the workmanship, the finish. Wow, well done.
sbwertz
Member
Where did you find that fiery red opal? I use a lot of crushed stone at the center, and red jasper is the closest to red I have found. Yours is spectacular.
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