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which pen looks nicest of these? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

2nd pic. The darker one fo sho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like the dark one the best since it looks the best with the gold

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

wenge. I like it too and so i got some more blanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All of them really nice, but the second one looks the most natural to me. The darkness and the contrast of gold is superb 🙌

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

thanks. Ive bought some more woods and hopefully african blackwood will be almost as pretty

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

The second one, I think the color and undertone of the wood and it's darkness complements the gold accents perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan of slimlines because to give any heft to the pens you end up with that muffin top look or wild shapes on the lower tube. That said the light brown pen looks best overall, I do like the grain pattern in the darker one though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense. I am gonna make some fountain pens soon. I just had a few of these mechanics lying around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I make a couple of slimlines a year but I prefer cigar pens or majestic rollerball, I have made a few fountain pens but the kits were fairly cheap and I had problems getting ink to flow consistently through the nibs.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Not sure, hard to say in photos, mail them over and I'll take a look!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All are beautiful, but I’m partial to the one that looks looks roasted maple (light brown)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's ipe, with a few layers of teak oil and beeswax

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Nice

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean I like the red colored wood.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Redheart, by far the most pricey of the 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

never heard of red heart. is that the same as paduk?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

nope. It looks far richer in person, paduk is more orangey.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Well my second favorite is the dark wood.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could redwood be used?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, but i have some offcuts from bigger projects

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

800-ish?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tree fiddy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

(ಥ_ʖಥ)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

800 what? It was an offcut of a much larger piece.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was just wondering about how much these would go for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I would sell them for about £35 (im British) but if I were in to use a fancier mechanism and a burl wood then it could go into the hundreds