Trial of a new material for pen and pencils

[Claude Arragon]

I need your opinion on that synthetic acrylic material created for pen turnings. As many ask for new aspects I have made several samples and that is the first of series of trial.
The model used for the pen is “Europe”.
I would appreciate very much if you could tell me if:
- you like it a lot
- you like it
- you are indifferent
-you don’t like it at all

Many thanks again and have a nice sunday

[Tom Sherman]

Claude, I think this is a very classy looking pen nice job.

[robert hainstock]

claude,

Very nice , looks like rky myn sheep hirn which I consider the best material for this kind of project.m
Bob

[John Hart]

I like the colors very much. Kinda wish there was more of an angle to the striping....but that's personal taste and nitpicking. Very earthy and classy though.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a nice looking pen. Nice soft tones to it. Well done.

[Claude Arragon]

Many thanks to all four of you and to your encouraging comments.
John Hart: I will try another fabricating process, for the time being There is no way I can make diagonal stripes, but I thin that, if I modify the process from manufacturing cylindrical bars to manufacturing plaques, it would then be possible to cut the blank in diagonal. Thanks for the hint

[Claude Arragon]

claude,

Very nice , looks like rky myn sheep hirn which I consider the best material for this kind of project.m
Bob

Bob could you tell me what "rky myn sheep hirn" is???

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Claude---

Did I understand correctly that you fabricated the blank for this pen? If that's the case, I'm in awe! That's a lovely looking piece---the material, to my eye, makes a classic match with the hardware.

[Jon Lanier]

-a bit of a pet peeve. Now I know I'm not one to speak concerning spelling and grammar but this is a pet peeve of mine. (I don't know why)

Synthetic: sense of synthesis, the combination of two or more parts,

Acrylic: a synthetic polymer compound fiber that contains at least 85% acrylonitrile

Synthetic Acrylic = redundancy

And that's all I have to say about that.

Oh, by the way, I really really like the pen.

[Alex Elias]

I like the pen. I looks nice from here but without much detail may be my monitor or or the lighting on your pen. but for what I can see I like it.
Where is the material from?
Thanks

[Claude Arragon]

Did I understand correctly that you fabricated the blank for this pen? If that's the case, I'm in awe! That's a lovely looking piece---the material, to my eye, makes a classic match with the hardware.

Thank you Henry, yes I did but with the help of a specialists, we worked together in his lab. The new one I present below is one of our samples as well

Synthetic: sense of synthesis, the combination of two or more parts,
Acrylic: a synthetic polymer compound fiber that contains at least 85% acrylonitrile
Synthetic Acrylic = redundancy
And that's all I have to say about that.
Oh, by the way, I really really like the pen.

Thank you Jon for both the compliment and the grammar lesson. I’ll revert to you when I write German, Spanish, French and Italian… I’m sure I make the same if not worse mistakes

I do know you prefer to turn wood, and so do I. However, as the market ask for acrylics as well, and that often we find some quite flashy I was thinking to the potential customers who might prefer something more “conventional”.
Here is another material.
For the top pen I used the entire “satin pearl” Kit, while for the lower one I tuned the top end with the same material.
Could I know your impressions.
Many thanks in advance and I apologise to bore you with acrylics but your views are quite important to me.

[Dean Thomas]

These last ones look like they're designed to go with pin striped business suites. Both are class acts, for sure.

I think the misspelled abbreviation was intended to indicate Rocky Mountain Sheep Horn, but who knows for sure except the original writer!

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Claude, those two pens do look nice. If I were to offer a suggestion, considering that you're fabricating your own blanks, how difficult would it be to add some marbleizing (sp?) to the black/silver two-tone? The colors are just lovely, but IMHO, they truly do beg for some more pronounced figure.

[Bill Wyko]

I like it a lot.

[Claude Arragon]

Claude, those two pens do look nice. If I were to offer a suggestion, considering that you're fabricating your own blanks, how difficult would it be to add some marbleizing (sp?) to the black/silver two-tone? The colors are just lovely, but IMHO, they truly do beg for some more pronounced figure.

Thank you for the hint... but we have done a "marble sample too"
Now we are trying a new technique for producing it, rather than cylindrical bars we are going to try to make plaques... I'll keep you informed