Jim's style centre band

[rayf6604]

I also did a wooden pen with Jim's style of centre band. This is walnut with a zebrano centre. Not sure it was the best wood to use and the whole zebrano blank was a bitch to drill. It would not go through straight for anything. Not going to use that again. Anyway I'll let you all be the judge of the result.

 

[paulm]

Very nice Ray, you've certainly got the hang of that already

 

[Matt]

Nice one Ray, I'm waiting for some pen kits to arrive so will try it out myself

 

[brody2123]

A good job done ray! Like this one a lot mate, the wood, the shape and finish are all very nice!

 

[angelo49]

Nice pen.
Has a nice shape and finish.
Nice!

 

[bassethound]

You soon got that sorted mate, good job with it!

 

[Kardav]

Nice pen Ray, the only slight criticism would be that in my opinion you need more of a contrast with the two woods. Other than that mate, good job.

 

[rayf6604]

Nice pen Ray, the only slight criticism would be that in my opinion you need more of a contrast with the two woods. Other than that mate, good job.

I agree, I should've done that. At the time the zebrano blank looked a good contrast until I turned it

 

[Jim]

I do agree that Zebrano isn't a good choice of wood to use for the C/B Ray, it is to porous and tears very easy .. But the overall look of the pen looks pretty decent my friend ..

 

[chas_41_uk]

Another nice attempt at a "Jim". But would agree with what Dave says about more contrast

 

[billyb_imp]

Very nice looking pen there Ray, with a good finish.