Diggin the turquoise dude.
You are an artist.
Are the reconstituted stone pens heavier?

Thanks for the compliments!


To answer your question, yes, the reconstituted stone pens are heavier. I like that they are heavier, though. My girlfriend, however, thinks that these larger pens made of the recon stone are too heavy. It's all personal preference.

As a side note, I really like these recon stone pens. I prefer turning wood because it's easier and I like the natural look of wood, but to get a nice shiny (I like shiny) finish on wood that is durable, it seems a CA glue finish is what's best. However, it's a bit time consuming to apply at least 6 or more coats of CA glue to the pen. What I like about the recon stone is that it's more natural looking than the acrylic pen blanks, and it doesn't require any application of a finish.

Oh, I don't know that I'd call myself an artist for making these. Having the right tools for the right job definitely helps!

Michelangelo had the right tools also.

Hahah! I made a few more!

A Bloodwood pencil:


A spalted maple pen:


And last, another recon stone:


That recon stone was a pain to turn compared to the previous ones! It dulled my gouge like crazy before I even knocked down the corners of the square blank very much at all! So, like any self respecting male, I bought a new carbide cutting tool to turn it down! That bad boy cut that pen blank like butter!

WOW!

Nice work,thanks for shareing.

Truly nice work. Where do I sign up for one!

Here are a couple that I got done this weekend. The first is a Redwood Lace Burl and copper Cigar, and the second is an Azurite/Malachite Tru-stone Hybrid Cigar.

Truly beautiful work there, more craftsmanship than work!

Those cigars are smokin'!
The RLB&C especially.
Keep 'em comin'

Thanks for the compliments! I wish I had more time to do some more!

Give me some shiny silver on the maple and I'm sold.