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Two with a different slant

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Another two with badges on one praying hands in Kwila wood the other a motorbike badge in beech I chose these two badges because they are oblong and I wanted to turn a few pens with an oblong end on them one has a streamline C/B the other a comfort C/B enjoy
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Love them!! they are really unusual, brilliant idea ,have you ever thought of making some sort of hollow end with a lid so people could put something personal inside like petals from a wedding or a lock of hair?, a friend of mine makes little silver pieces with babys fingerprint on, that would make a great end for a Christening pen!!
 

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Love them!! they are really unusual, brilliant idea ,have you ever thought of making some sort of hollow end with a lid so people could put something personal inside like petals from a wedding or a lock of hair?, a friend of mine makes little silver pieces with babys fingerprint on, that would make a great end for a Christening pen!!

You could hollow out the end place whatever you want in it then fill with resin then clean up the end and polish it quite simple really
 

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I like them a lot Woody you are very talented and have an artful eye (if that means anything) :thumbs:
 

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Sorry dad they don't do it for me, I appreciate there are lots of people who would love them but I ain't one of em.
 

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Well gents you cant win them all but we have to experiment and push the boundary's don't we thank you for being honest onward and upwards
 

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I like them, they are novel and interesting, all sorts can be embedded in the end. I am not quite sure where they lay in the market, but there will be a market for them:thumbs:

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It strikes me that the sharp edge on the oval where the badge is glued might get chipped in use? Might be worth rounding that edge over? (Says he with NO idea of the work involved!)
 

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Thank you gents a good mixture of like and dislikes which makes it an interesting project thank you all for your honesty David I will do some more and remove the sharp corners making them more oval just for the fun of it maybe tomorrow
 

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To get these badges to sit on the end i understand where the shape comes from, but to me the pen doesn't look balanced given this shape .. This doesn't mean i dislike them, I applaud your creativeness my friend, lets see what a difference they make when rounding off the flat top .. The fact that they both have a good theme would certainly help them sell .. :thumbs:
 
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