since it was a boring rainy day i decided to turn this rattlesnake pen ive had for about 15 years collecting dust. the pen is a gun metal cigar pen. this should make the duck happy ?
here is what the blanks look like. the skin is already wrapped around the inner tube encased in the acrylic blank ready to turn. sanded down to 800 grit then water polished with micro mesh.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Damn Pottz... gotta give you "E" for effort! Pulled your R's out of the P 's and Q's with that cigar.
How'd you manage to keep that blank away from what is claimed as the global elements? I checked out my 15 YO blank, that has not been subjected to a full vino impregnated "human" bladder. I then dragged out my python, and compared a 2017 pickie with todays, That yellowing (assuming UV) is worrysome.
BTW, nothing worse than buggering up a snakeskin blank too hard to find a matching Python (my snakeskin) replacement in my back yard to fix it... only found rattlesnakes and cobras with the local browns and tigers hiding in fear... how did I recover?.. I did, but I'm not here to teach😉😉😉.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
This is very unique pen, great looking. I never would have imagined snake skin to be a turning material but there it is. I was going to ask about the possibility of "buggering up a snakeskin blank" as LBD mentioned, but he answered already. Great looking pen Pottz, nice work.
Really really really nice, Pottz. A great project for a "rainy day". After seeing Duck's version, is oxidation an issue with "skin" type of blanks? If so, is there anything to be done or is that just the way of the world? You should really be proud of this one.
PapaDave ..... Really really really nice, Pottz. A great project for a "rainy day". After seeing Duck's version, is oxidation an issue with "skin" type of blanks? If so, is there anything to be done or is that just the way of the world? You should really be proud of this one.
In the past I used to buy so many kits I lost track of source/composition/specifications.
That yellow snakeskin was made around the same time as that photo of the chipped out one. The yellow is not a photo shoot/lighting issue, it is yellow much like the gold (Hmmm it is an upmarket gold ultra cigar... any chemistry at play). The assembled pen was kept in a closed case with my other non-wooden cigar pens while that dodgy segment has been sitting on a dowel in the workshop with all my other oopsies, open to all ever since, The difference was never so obvious, or maybe too many vinos, in the past until I put them "side by side" for this post's reply. Though I wouldn't worry about the discolouration Papa, It's like that old car in the past that never started first time... after 20 years of perseverance you got to love it... and the early backseat memories.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
thanks guys very much. and yes tony the blanks are made from real snake skin. duck as for discoloration ive had no issues. i had one i gave away that was made probably 15 years ago and it was fine.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
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