Dark Green and Gun Metal Premium Twist Pen
Whenever I start to make a pen from an acrylic or resin blank I always remember the negative points. Acrylic turning is messy, I really try to clear every last scrap of it up; it can also be smelly; the sharp little chips get everywhere and it can blunt the turning chisels really quickly. By the time the pen shape is turned and I start the messier job of wet sanding through about fifteen different grades I'm usually trying to convince myself that maybe its better to just concentrate on turning wooden pens.
Then the final grades of sanding and polishing start to reveal something special and I really like acrylic again... until the next time.
This pen is a bit special though as we were lucky to be able to source a genuine stock of pen blanks from the now liquidated Conway Stewart pen factory. This is the same material used in all of their pens.
Pen #757 was turned on 13th March 2017 at Alvechurch on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
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