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And yet another Sirocco

McKenzie Penworks

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One of the first color combinations I came up with was a blue/green/white mix that my wife dubbed "Satellite" because she thought it kind of looks like the colors you'd see from space. Since then I've expanded my available pigments and thought I'd breath a little more life into the color combo with some synthetic mica that REALLY shines with my signature diamond added. Also decided to use a plain white dye instead of mica for the white. Figured this gave it more of a "cloud" look instead of just being another shiny white mica. The pewter plating is another color I sometimes agonize over when it comes to picking out a blank but I think it works pretty darn well with this one. (Yes, I cheated on the photo again and let a professional take it... will be a stock color on my website and for the stock photography I hire out. :whistling:)
 

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Morse

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Hi Tim.
Well turned pen. Maybe the black chrome would go as well.
Again this is only a personal opinion :idontknow:
As I have mentioned before , I really do like the Sirocco kit, it seems to lend itself to many different blanks.

Dave
 

McKenzie Penworks

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Tim
Black would look great as well! I had a few of these handy and figured I'd go for the clean crisp look. I'm being lazy and avoiding the 2 tube kits for the moment but I have a bunch of Tempest and Mistrals that I suppose I should get around to turning.
 
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