Andalusite Acrylic and Black Ebonite Fountain Pen (and a loaf of bread)

[OscarHallStudios]

Cause like, why not, eh?

Baked some scotch bonnet, sage and sesame seed bread today. Also made a pen out of this wonderful andalusite acrylic from Vince at the turners workshop, and some black ebonite for the finials from beaufort ink, only chose ebonite as it was the only material I had where the colour went well with the acrylic. Didn't add a clip because I didn't have one that went well with it and, frankly, I felt a bit lazy. Same goes for bands. A nice and simple pen! It is relatively small at 125mm capped and posts deeply and securely to be a very comfortable size, posted is 150mm. Designed to fit only a sport-size converter, not a full size one. Any advice on removing the micro scratches around the pen would be much appreciated. Maybe I just need to spend more time polishing it in circles...

 

[RobR]

Not sure which I want more, the pen or the bread! Both look amazing!

 

[Bammer]

Cause like, why not, eh?

Baked some scotch bonnet, sage and sesame seed bread today. Also made a pen out of this wonderful andalusite acrylic from Vince at the turners workshop, and some black ebonite for the finials from beaufort ink, only chose ebonite as it was the only material I had where the colour went well with the acrylic. Didn't add a clip because I didn't have one that went well with it and, frankly, I felt a bit lazy. Same goes for bands. A nice and simple pen! It is relatively small at 125mm capped and posts deeply and securely to be a very comfortable size, posted is 150mm. Designed to fit only a sport-size converter, not a full size one. Any advice on removing the micro scratches around the pen would be much appreciated. Maybe I just need to spend more time polishing it in circles...View attachment 51891View attachment 51892View attachment 51893View attachment 51894View attachment 51890

More lateral sanding to get rid of the scratches

 

[Bammer]

Not sure which I want more, the pen or the bread! Both look amazing!

Bread

 

[flexi]

Very nice, lovely colour...
As Bammer has said when you sand, sand along the blank too....Radially sand like normal, but before you change grit turn the lathe off and sand along your blank manually turning your lathe. This will get rid of any high spots and stop the ring marks, also wipe the bank to remove any trace of abrasive/ grit before moving to the next grade....it doesn't take any extra time as your finish will improve quicker

 

[Adal6]

Yes Oscar nice bit of bread . and the pen looks very nice

 

[OscarHallStudios]

Very nice, lovely colour...
As Bammer has said when you sand, sand along the blank too....Radially sand like normal, but before you change grit turn the lathe off and sand along your blank manually turning your lathe. This will get rid of any high spots and stop the ring marks, also wipe the bank to remove any trace of abrasive/ grit before moving to the next grade....it doesn't take any extra time as your finish will improve quicker

Ah okay, I will try that then. I always did that with wood but thought it wouldn't be as effective on plastic materials. I'll get back once I've had a chance to try that.. cheers

 

[Bill Mooney]

A very nice pen Oscar. Good advice from the guys.

 

[OscarHallStudios]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I did re-sand / polish and have seen a marked improvement in microscratches. Quite difficult to capture the difference in my poorly taken photographs so you'll have to take my word for it..