No Tortoises where harmed in the making of this Tempest

[billyb_imp]

Another from today a gold Tempest dressed in what is suppose to be an alternative Tortoise Shell, very difficult to see the effect, this may be because I painted the tubes black, I will try another one & either leave unpainted or paint them gold (anyone else have this problem with this particular blank).

I don't think I can market this one as Tortoise Shell, back to the drawing board

 

[iandel]

Difficult to see the effect but beautifully made and finished

 

[Vic Perrin]

It's still a nice looking pen mate

 

[angelo49]

I don't even know what it's supposed to look like
But it's beautifully turned and finished

 

[Penpal]

A beautiful dark pen Billy who worries about the Shell image done is done.

Peter.

 

[clement]

Nice pen Billy, as allways good finish

Once i've tryed alternative horn, was'nt satisfied with the final look

 

[AllenN]

Nice pen whatever one calls it, but I can see your point. Real tortoiseshell does seem to have a glow to it, you may be right that leaving the tubes brass might have helped but I guess there is only one way to find that out.

 

[fortress]

It looks fine the way it is Billy, nicely turned.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Billy.

If its any thing like the Tortoise Shell blank I turned DO NOT leave the blank unpainted my was extremely see through.
If I think about it when I get home I will post a pic for you.

 

[Les ELm]

Looks well turned and finished from here.
Nicely done.

Les

 

[Penpal]

Grateful for the discussion of artificial effects in the case of the black still a good result in the instance Clement showed, not good at all. Helpful posting.

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

Shame to judge it for what it isn't Billy. Better to judge it for what it is, which from your photos appears to be a nicely turned pen with a great contrast of dark and gold. It looks good.

 

[Bob Ellis]

A very nice pen presented to good advantage.

 

[Scots Bill]

Great pen Billy, what about a fawn type colour tubes, perhaps get an offcut of the blank, polished up and try it against different colours.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Billy.

If its any thing like the Tortoise Shell blank I turned DO NOT leave the blank unpainted my was extremely see through.
If I think about it when I get home I will post a pic for you.

Finally got the pics uploaded and around to posting them.

Why they should be painted.
Excuse my experiment using a dremel and my new tail stock and the item that no one was curious about.





Definitely got to paint them.