For those of you that wanted to see more stone...

[Jim Burr]

30.06 Bullet from CSUSA, which is not all that unusual. The barrel is Montana rasberry soapstone. As soon as I pressed the cap...fracture...as soon as I pressed the tranny...fractures. Now I'm stuck with having to glue, sand and polish with the clip/cap in place. It brought a good price, but not that good!!! The ends were trimmed with a barrel trimmer Thanks for looking!

[Tim Rinehart]

Jim, you're a glutton for punishment...but you turn out some wonderful pens. This is pretty cool. I guess next time you'll have to work for a slip fit?? and then just CA the piece in??

[Doug Herzberg]

Sorry for your troubles. Looks good, though.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Didn't realize that the soapstone was that fragile! Must have been pretty thin! Great looking pen - congrats on your sale!

[Dan Hintz]

Yeah, from my reading, stone is usually turned for a slip fit and glued like Tim suggested. I've been looking around recently to get my hand on some soapstone, but I haven't pushed too hard as I have so many wood blanks on hand. I like the color!