Alligator pens

[Robert Snowden]

Here are a few of the alligator bone and hide pens I have turned for a customer in southeast Asia. Please comment or critique. Thanks for looking.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are beautiful and also unique pens. Well done. I had never heard of using the hide and bones before.

[Barry Stratton]

Those are beautiful!!

Are there many hoops to jump thru to export them seeing as they are made out of wildlife products??? I haven't looked to see if alligators are listed on C.I.T.I.E.S.

[Robert Snowden]

very large hoop's

[Curt Fuller]

Now that's a first for me, Alligator pens! Those are really good looking pens. What are the bright colors, the reds and greens, in the bone? I really like them!

[Robert Snowden]

Curt
All the color is where the bone marrow was taken out and i replaced it with the different color's that you see.The bone's have a lot of prep work before you start turning a pen.

[Greg Just]

Nice job Robert - very unique

[Brad Hammond]

robert, where'd you get your materials? the gator parts i mean.

[Robert Snowden]

They run wild around here.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow! Very interesting pens Robert! Have not seen anything like them before! Love the patterns in the bone! Also like your use of color as it really enhances the overall look!

Very nice product and exceptionally nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[Pete Jordan]

Those are very special!

[Robert Snowden]

Thank's to all for looking and comment's.

[Guy Belleman]

The prep work, what exactly does that mean? How did you fill in the voids? Do you purchase the blanks with the hide impregnated in the blank, or is that some additional prep work?

It would seem to me that a nice sequence of shots showing the process, or a video, would be a great educational experience for novices like me.