Cigar pen...something a little different

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

I really like the effect, Curtis.

Bruce

[Corey Hallagan]

That is a sweet looking pen! Nice job!

Corey

[Charlie Plesums]

Nice Pen

The filler looks a lot like Inlace. Can you compare this approach to Inlace - besides the fact that anything has got to be cheaper than Inlace?

[Curt Fuller]

Nice Pen! Looks a little like turquoise inlay. Really adds to the southwest look of the mesquite.

[Curtis O. Seebeck]

Charlie,

I have never used Inlace so I can not comment on it. The stuff I used is embossing powder available at Hobby Lobby. It is $2.99 for a 1 ounce bottle of the powder compared to $10.95 for Inlace metal dust at Craft Supplies USA. It comes in a bunch of different colors, too.

I can not take full credit for discovering this products, however. A fellow at the Central Texas Woodturners Association meeting last week used the gold stuff to melt on the edge of a natural edge mesquite vase and it looked really cool. I decided to get some and ran across the stuff I used here and decided to try it with CA.

Here is a link to an affiliate of Hobby Lobby showing exactly what I am talking about: http://www.craftsetc.com/Store/ShowC...d=51&c=23&s=20

BTW, you should consider joining the CTWA! It is a very active group of about 50 regulars that meet once a month in Austin. I just joined and am very glad I did. They are a chapter of the AAW so your membership includes AAW membership.