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  1. 23rd August 2012, 08:21 PM #1
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    I have been commissioned to make one Australian timber Streamline Stylus.

    So of course I made three!

    Pen 1 is Curly Tasmanian Myrtle
    Pen 2 is Tiger Myrtle (I believe from Tassie)
    Pen 3 is Fiddleback Blackwood

    Hope you like. I stuffed up the Tiger Myrtle one quite badly - the shape is rubbish - probably will be a freebie. But I really like how the Blackwood one turned out.
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    very nice yeah that blackwood is amazing
    what finish did you use ???
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  4. 23rd August 2012, 08:25 PM #3
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    Sorry I forgot to mention. Each of these were turned, sanded to 600, then 20 coats of CA, then Micro Mesh to 12,000, then a final coat of Brasso.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bassmansimon View Post
    Sorry I forgot to mention. Each of these were turned, sanded to 600, then 20 coats of CA, then Micro Mesh to 12,000, then a final coat of Brasso.
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    nice lot of pens
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    Nice pens Bass. Don't worry about the shape of one pen - we all have moments when the memory lapses when turning. I stuffed up a captive ring pen by forgetting not to turn the nib end too thin. Still the pens all look well finished and the other 2 are great.
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    Looks like a design implementation to me don't be hard on yourself ,if you hit brass then maybe you,ve gone too har hehe,only you know its not how you wanted it to be so someone will love it nice bunch of pens and materials cheers~ John
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    To save face, I'm claiming it was not entirely my fault. I had a chip blow out about 1cm in from the end which exposed the brass tube. thin CA mixed with sawdust fixed this up but then I had to turn it back smooth. I guess I was just a bit over aggressive.
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    Quite early on I started buying spare tubes for any pen kits I buy, this way you have unlimited redo if you have the timber.

    I've even dismantled some stuff that has hung arround & I thaugh was not good enough to try again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gawdelpus View Post
    only you know its not how you wanted it to be so someone will love it
    You are right. I brought them all in to work today to have my colleague pick one (who commissioned one to be made), and another co-worker loved the "unique" shape of the tiger myrtle one, so I ended up selling it too
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