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Atrax Pomegranate Martini

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This is an Atrax ballpoint in platinum. The blank is a Rhino called Pomegranate Martini. I like the blank more than I thought I would.
 

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This is actually the second blank for this pen. I messed up the first one, and the tubes showed through. Apparently the paint inside the blanks was still wet when I glued in the tubes.
 

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Beautiful kit and blank Jim:thumbs::thumbs:
Nicely done!
At least you DID paint the tubes.
Many times, at the last stages of finishing, I see the !@#$%
brass showing through because I forgot to paint it.
 
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I painted the tubes and inside of the blanks purple on this one, and colored the epoxy.
 

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woodhacker said:
Lovely pen Jim :thumbs::thumbs:
I've tried painting the tubes on many an occasion but the paint always scrapes off when gluing and assembling.:rolling:
Whats the secret.:thinks:
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Make sure the paint is dry, is the best tip I can give you. I also use epoxy, which seems to "lubricate" the tubes as I insert them.
 
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Quite subtle for the first pics then bursts into colour after that in the cap area illustrates just how more pics show the true story of pens. The reason I do this as well. Love the pen Jim.

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I have a collection of pen kits that came with other items from many places yesterday i found a kit that the brasses had beautiful grass like sleeves glued on that were almost transparent to me they look great on our site would be booed out of town. At a footy club where we are members one wall has large slim backlit tree scenes that are magnificent that would not pass this test.

Peter.
 
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