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I have searched a few times for Bamboo pen blanks and have only located one company selling them. Much to my surprise they sell them at Wal-Mart! Well not really but while walking through there yesterday on my way to the tool section I noticed that they carry Bamboo cutting boards. So I bought one for $10 bucks, went home and cut it up to make me some blanks. Surprisingly they come out pretty neat. I used E. Indian Rosewood to make the rings on the first one. Hope you like!
-- Chuck, Breaux Bridge, LA
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cabinetmaster
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posted 258 days ago
Wow…......a great looking pen. I love the detail and the rosewood. Great job.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
Dennis Zongker
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posted 258 days ago
Very nice! I like the style of both pens. Thanks for posting.
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mtnwild
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posted 258 days ago
Smart solution, beautiful pens.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
Jim
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posted 258 days ago
Beautiful!! How did you do the design on the lower barrel?
-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca
chucklandry
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posted 257 days ago
The design is referred to as a “Celtic Knot”. I searched the web and came across a few different ways of doing it and just tried on some scraps until I was happy with it. If you follow this link:
http://content.penturners.org/articles/2007/celticknot.pdf there is one tutorial on it.
Once you feel comfortable with the knot you can get really creative like this guy:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27627&highlight=celtic+knot+making
This is my next experiment if I can get the blanks to glue up well enough to the coke cans!
-- Chuck, Breaux Bridge, LA