Lol mate I am hearing u :-D
Ian
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Well I have just had a great hour or more long conversation with Darren through facebook about this thread:D and it was great i can now understand what he is trying to get happening with this thread and hope that it gets some momentum and really helps with us improving as pen turners. I also hope that those who are not brave enough like me :D just kidding will still ask for comments in the other threads and can be given constructive comments without being thrown to the wolves that will help us all in the future ?
Thanks again Bdar
Cheers Ian
Well said mate I have had my feed back on my pens and have taken that on board and I will endeavor to improve my skills but I also will stand on my own two feet :D any feed back is better then none and I have a chuck of guys on this forum to thank for there help on the way :D this forum has helped me a ton but I have also explored on my own as many of us probably have done. So Darren mate I take my hat of to u sir :D
Keep it up guys
Ian
Ok so it's me again
Here is my first SN Gent I ever did whats ur thoughts and were can I improve on the pen
Ian
well mate apart from it being a snake skin, which you should remember what i said about them, it looks to me to be a little proud of the components, apart from that there is a couple of specks of dust on the pen:;, but the finish looks to have come up pretty good, great job on the casting as well, can't see any bubbles
all the best
MIK
Hey like the snakeskin pen. I am in the learning stage of turning wood, I have been turning acrylic for a couple of years now and the seem to come out real nice. Here I a couple of some that I have done. Tell me whatcha think.
Hi Glen, welcome to the forum.
I am assuming since you posted your photos in this "critique " thread, you want honest feedback.
From what I can see, your brass tubes are showing, especially evident on the white pens. To overcome this you will need to paint your tubes, or as I do and back paint the blank.
Your barrels are sitting proud of the metal fittings in places, some places look to be matched though. I know this can be deceiving quite often in photos, it can look worse than it actually is. But I can only comment on what I can see going by your photos.
Your finish looks pretty good from here, and your "bush to bush" turning gives them a clean look.
Hi all
This is a David Broadwell Art Deco Black T/N & 22kt Gold Rollerball Pen wrapped in a green acrylic.
Please be kind lol :B
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Well Spankin', I cant find any faults at all, if I was to try and find anything negative in that pen I would be just nit picking.
The transition from pen barrel to metal fittings looks perfect, the barrels look to be perfectly straight bush to bush, and the finish looks flawless.
Not sure if the brassy colour up near the clip on the cap is the tube showing through, but I suspect its just a reflection.
All in all I think thats a top shelf pen, and the photography is top shelf too. Well done.
Well I agree with Ironwood mate a perfect pen ;-)
Ian
Well nothing has been posted in here for a while so thought id throw my head on the chopping block again lol
This is a Allocasuarina Box set all made from a log i was given ( have a mate who works for the dump and he salvaged it for me)
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Thanks for the feedback, Because the timber was dark i thought i would try for and antique look to the photos and not sure if i pulled it off :doh: