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Very productive weekend. (and yes, some more bullet pens....)

Gunsmith Fiamma

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Hello my friends,
my employer, asked me to turn some pen to put on display in the store, and since we are a gun and gunsmithing store, you can guess what was my choice :funny: :
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The timber is Zebrano, Walnut and Mahogany and the finish is 2 coats of linseed oil, shellac, and then carnauba wax.
This time, since my drill bits are bit larger for the barrel tubes from the kits, i used PU glue to be on the safe side and glued all 6 kits yesterday.
Early this morning i turned all six barrels, sanded to 600 and applied 2 coats of lineseed oil and i put all the barrels in a little warm box i created some years ago.
Just before lunch, they were already dry, so I applied several coats of shellac and put all back in the warm box, then after a couple of hours I finally finished it with carnauba wax and assebled the lot.
This was a very busy weekend, but I managed to turn a fountain pen in acrylic as well and I will post it in the acrylic section.
Really hope this lot will sell fast, so I can turn some more :-)

till next time
-Francesco
 
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if the "reddish" one is mahogany ...I want some :banana::banana:

fantastic grain pattern

Steve
 
Gunsmith Fiamma

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Twister said:
if the "reddish" one is mahogany ...I want some :banana::banana:

fantastic grain pattern

Steve
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Steve, this timber is really amazing.
Its a nice heartwood piece that I reclaimed from the keel of a '800 mahogany boat that was beyond repair.
The original piece was 10x 10 cm but the outer part was terrible. I gave it to a woodworker and he planed it to 5x5 cm and using steam he straigtened the bent part of the keel.
After he saw what it was inside, he asked to be paid with half the wood instead of money :funny:. I gladly accepted the deal.
I have some 15x15x130 mm left, if you want, i dont mind mailing a couple to you, just give me a adress :-)

Cheers
Francesco
 
Jim

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All great looking pens Francesco, and all should sell my friend .. :thumbs:
 
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Very nice Francesco and you even made a magazine type stand to display them :thumbs:
 
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Francesco like the opportunity offrered to you you will be there for any further details to take orders as well Love those pens in a Gunsmith Shop.

Peter.:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
 
Les ELm

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Timbers look great from here.
As a gun and gunsmith store surprised you haven't turned the bolt handle to get the bolt action to work like a real rifle bolt.

Les
 
Gunsmith Fiamma

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Les ELm said:
Timbers look great from here.
As a gun and gunsmith store surprised you haven't turned the bolt handle to get the bolt action to work like a real rifle bolt.

Les
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Of course, the first thing i said was: "The bolt handle is reversed....", but if you hold the pen in your right hand, its more natural to have it reversed.
All it need is to loosen a litte screw inside, and you can turn it the way you want:thumbs:

Francesco
 
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Gizmo3k said:
I am still not convinced by the kit, although I am sure some people love it. The woods are lovely though!
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Mate, to be honest, though I'm a gunsmith, I really don't like bullet shaped pens, but our customers literally loves this kind of stuff, so thats because we chose these kits. :funny:
I'm waiting for some decent pen box to come in the mail. I already bought some made by Artisan, but there is "MADE IN CHINA" stamped on the bottom.... so my employer said: "Try to convince the buyer that is only the box made in china and not the entire pen and I will raise your paycheck". That won't happen anytime soon :nonono:
Cheers
-Francesco
 
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