Gotta admit that bullet pens (or any to do with firearms) is always a hit... even here in Aussieland where firearms are banned.
i hate working with it due to the smell and it's just hard to drill the hole for the tubes because the antler is never straight
I initially tossed a lot of blanks out because of the bends (no I'm not a diver), but then I tried a few with a hint of live edges... just a hint though one was extreme and the recipient selected it above all the others I though was better... I've parted with all the live edges and have only been left with the straight ones. This is the closest I have left to the live edged ones... some most of the roughness have been filled with my CA layers making it virtually straight and thereby not as popular.
Do you keep Sadona out of the shop when turning antler (or buffalo horn)? My daughter brought her dog around once when I was turning a pen for her husband and the dog devoured all the antler shavings... daughter was not happy as the mutt reacted to a greedy, unexpected gutful of sawdust... and yes Mokey, a very small amount of that poisonous acrylic shavings.
PS. Why do so many turners go for that middle bulge (???)... Would love to see a bullet like that try to pass down the barrel let alone fit in the chamber.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
