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3rd April 2014, 04:32 AM #1
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What Do You Think?
#1 - With the deer hide background
#2 - With the grey background
Subject is a Gun Metal Bolt Action with Caragana sanded to 400X, buffed with extra fine steel, 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Polyurethane and polished with Hut Ultra Gloss.
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3rd April 2014, 05:25 AM #2
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Les,
IMHO grey looks better, the pen stands out more due to the contrast. It tends to get lost against the deer skin.
beautiful pen !!
Regards,
Cam
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3rd April 2014, 10:09 AM #3
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3rd April 2014, 02:16 PM #4
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Grey
I think the contrast is better for that coloring , cheers ~ John
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3rd April 2014, 04:09 PM #5
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i agree the grey makes this particular pen stand out better, which looks similar to english elm to me
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3rd April 2014, 08:44 PM #6
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i much prefer the deer hide, gives a much warmer feel, the grey is very plain
has the hide been brain tanned to buckskin???
looks like a very soft pelt from the pickie
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4th April 2014, 12:40 AM #7
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Les,
the grey does it for me too
Cheers
Tony
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4th April 2014, 01:52 AM #8
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Yes, the hide has been tanned to buckskin.
Originally Posted by MBUMIK
I have many tanned deer and moose hides from my hunting days.
Les
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4th April 2014, 07:24 PM #9
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Has to be grey Les, well thats my opinion anyways.
Regards Rumnut.
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4th April 2014, 09:07 PM #10
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Well I am going to go deer hide background.
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