Not wood

Levi's?

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Looks like blue jeans! What the heck is it?

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jared

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Hello: How did you make that blank? I saw something like this in a catalog, a pen blank made of denim material compressed and saturated with glue, epoxy or something. I liked the looks of it but thought it was a little expensive for what you got. I would be interested in trying to make my own, and maybe you have laid the groundwork for that. Thanks in advance, Jared

Re: Levi's?

EagleS.C.

>Mike Scwing said:

"Looks like blue jeans! What the heck is it? "

Reply:

Blue Jeans.

Re: Not wood

Fred in NC

>hehe... I call it OldJeanMascus... after the commercially available and expensive Fibermascus, which is a takeoff of Damascus, the forged steel material for knife blades etc.

If you have any more questions, damask Eagle!

Re: Not wood

EagleS.C.

>I pretty much said the same thing to myself.

I like the look but a blank cost around $10.00

I think if you have enough CA you could make a pen out of a fart.

Actually after doing this I can see where the cost comes from, but that's not to say it isn't worth making at least one.

All I did was plug both ends of a set of perfect fit tubes after scuffing them.

I cut strips of denim about 3/8ths wide and just started wrapping around the tube adding CA as I went.( did use a dab of thick CA to secure the end where I started wrapping

At this point You may ask how did I keep the glue from getting all over my fingers.

I didn't.

We are still in the experimental stage with this and this is the first one.

I do see a benefit of my method over a purchased Fibermascus blank.

BEcause you are wrapping around the tube there is no need to drill.

I can use any material I want.

The blanks I saw on the fibermascus site were 5/8's.

I like to use as large of a blank as possible but I hate to waste material.(purchased)

I let mine "cure" a few hours and used accelerant as I went.

There are a lot of "voids" but filling is easy,I saved the "dust" as I went and just used more glue.

Finishing is also easy, the pen is just about pure CA so a CA finish is simple.

I wish I could give you more info but as I said this was the first one so we are in the R&D stage.