New Pen Kit

[CraftyNick]

Well this is a new pen kit for me and I quite like it. I have dressed it in Rosewood but sadly the shine and glare in the photo hides the subtle natural beauty of the grain. I do like the chrome and dark Rosewood together.

 

[flexi]

Thats rather nice, sometimes a matt finish can look better and show grain more fully, but you cant fault the sheen on that ....very very nice

 

[CraftyNick]

Thats rather nice, sometimes a matt finish can look better and show grain more fully, but you cant fault the sheen on that ....very very nice

Funny you should say that. I actually made a pen a few weeks ago from the same piece of rosewood and finished it in melamine lacquer with a matt finish. You can indeed see the grain more fully as you are not fighting the high gloss finish. I would say though that the gloss one above looks lovely in the sunlight. You can see right through it and it does give it depth.

 

[pittswood]

I like the gloss sheen on that mate, be well pleased with it. A cracker!
Kelvin

 

[Garno]

The Rosewood and chrome seem to of worked really well with this pen.

You have done a great job

Have you used melamine gloss on it?

 

[Bill Mooney]

A very nicely made pen.