Jonathan tried to trick me...but it's ok.

[EarlD]

This blank was in a group I purchased at the Atlanta chapter meeting. It was one of two that looked almost identical...black with blue. Here's a picture of the blank before turning. The photo color is accurate. The red is my mark for orienting the pieces.

I managed to save the end so I could make a center piece for the finial and noticed that the color was really off from what I expected. At this point I was afraid the center piece would not match the pen. However, I've been surprised by Jonathan's (Brooks803) blanks before so I headed back to the shop. Here's what I found inside this black & blue blank:

And a closeup:

The pen is a Jr. Gent II from Exotic Blanks in Rhodium with the black center band from a 10k Gold kit.

And Jonathan, you can try to trick me anytime!:biggrin:

Earl

 

[simomatra]

Wow! Earl that is a beauty and I love the way you matched the button in the finial

 

[Brooks803]

LOL...I've been waiting on this moment! Sooner or later it was gonna happen. Blue went bye bye...or atleast took a backseat to the green. Looks great and I like the finial touch. Great work as always Earl.

 

[Craftdiggity]

That Brooksie sure is a tricky guy. Now he's casting blanks with different colors on the inside than the outside.:wink:

He is definately a cool:cat:

 

[Richard Gibson]

Just too kewl. :biggrin:

 

[boxerman]

Very nice pen and blank. You 2 did and nice job on it.

 

[Drstrangefart]

He's done that to me a few times now. Never mad about it.

 

[Bobalu]

That's a great looking pen Earl. I only have a few of Jonathon's blanks left. I hope I have at least one surprise waiting for me, like you had. Sort of a Van Gogh look - Starry Night without the stars is what I'd call it.

 

[corian king]

Really nice pen! Great work!

 

[OLDMAN5050]

very good indeed.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Nice.....No very nice.....no very very nice. Now when I get home from this show I'll have to turn some of the blanks Brooks sent me ....one in particular