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Patrick Taylor
08-18-2007, 11:49 AM
My first Gent with the rhodium finish. I like it with the darker wood varieties. It should also go well with acrylics. Finishing this one was a PITA... I think I did the cap three times all together.

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Rich Stewart
08-18-2007, 12:55 PM
A PITA? I have always found cocobolo to be very easy to finish. That is, no finish. I micro-mesh it to 12,000 and it looks like a piece of marble. That is one beautiful pen. Keep 'em coming.
Curt Fuller
08-18-2007, 12:57 PM
Whatever you did, you did it well. That's a beautiful pen!
Patrick Taylor
08-18-2007, 1:22 PM
A PITA? I have always found cocobolo to be very easy to finish. That is, no finish. I micro-mesh it to 12,000 and it looks like a piece of marble. That is one beautiful pen. Keep 'em coming.


Thanks Rich. Yes, after I MM to 12000 it looks great. But then I apply CA for durability and sometimes I have a hard time getting the CA to adhere to the cocobolo because it's so oily.
Nancy Laird
08-18-2007, 2:12 PM
Patrick. I have NOT tried this, because I don't do CA finishes (yet), but you might try a wash of shellac on the cocobolo before you do the CA. The shellac will seal the wood before you do the cocobolo. Just a suggestion.

By the way, gorgeous pen!!

Nancy (125 days)
Bill Wyko
08-18-2007, 2:30 PM
A PITA? I have always found cocobolo to be very easy to finish. That is, no finish. I micro-mesh it to 12,000 and it looks like a piece of marble. That is one beautiful pen. Keep 'em coming.

PITA Pain in the Arizona:D Well hard work or not I'd say you did a fine job. I've really got to put pens on my TDL (To Do List)
Patrick Taylor
08-18-2007, 2:31 PM
Patrick. I have NOT tried this, because I don't do CA finishes (yet), but you might try a wash of shellac on the cocobolo before you do the CA. The shellac will seal the wood before you do the cocobolo. Just a suggestion.

By the way, gorgeous pen!!

Nancy (125 days)

Thanks Nancy! I'll try that sometime, thanks for the tip.
Keith Burns
08-19-2007, 10:36 AM
Another great pen Pat !!
Paul Heely
08-19-2007, 5:10 PM
Another fine looking pen Pat.
Jeffrey Fusaro
08-20-2007, 6:28 AM
patrick--

very nice!

you even got the grain to line up with cap in place, too!