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| Jere:
Nice progress on the pen, you've got me thinking about making one! Brass would look great, also blue tempered steel would contrast with the silver color as well. Your pen reminded me of one I seen recently, made by the Breguet watch company, made from silver and blued steel. Look forward to seeing it completed. |
| raynerd:
Hi Jere, thanks for the comment. Brass and steel would need to be bored as much as possible to keep the weight down I expect. I didn`t want a clip at first, I like clipless pens but they have more profile than mine which I think is why it is looking a little lifeless. Thanks for your picture, these are two of my favorite clipless pens, they certainly have a neat profile which gives them their character - my pen is too uniform at the moment! I think my pen needs more profiling or a clip. Thanks for the comment - I hope the watch is still going to plan. I follow your website and look for updates each week - an avid viewer! |
| Powder Keg:
Craynerd, Your Pen is looking great!!! On the profiling, You would be surprised how fast you could profile it with a good lathe file. It probably wouldn't take but a couple of min. Keep up posted:o) Wes |
| tinkerer:
If you have a mill, you could cut longitudinal grooves and glue in brass. If you can undercut the grooves, you could pound in gold. I remember seeing how they do that somewhere on an inlay site. Just throwing ideas around, I know time is getting short. You could have his initials lasered in. |
| raynerd:
Hi Tinkerer - thanks for the idea regarding the gold and if time wasn`t an issue I may have persued that. I have the time to do it but I don`t know where you would sorce the gold. That methods sounds easier and neater to me than the brass inlay and soldering the joint. I think I may hook the pen up on the lathe and give it a profile, see what happens. What is the worse I can do and besides, there is always time to nip to waterstones before Christmas if it does end in the bin! Nothing like a bit of positive thinking .... :lol: |
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