This is a pen I started the beginning of this year but for some reason stopped partway through but after turning a pen for my daughter the other day I decided to finish this one. I bought the kit and blank for my own use and after finishing it I won't part with it. Sorry for the lousy pics, I'm trying to figure out how to use my wife's camera but just cant hit on the right settings.

The pen kit is a Craft USA Artisan Rollerball with an acrylic MADREPERLATO-CHEERY RED blank form Exotic Blanks. I really like this pen and especially the blank which I bought 3 of them last year, I have one left and will save it for a special pen for someone. All comments welcome. Thanks for viewing!

Mike, ya done good with it. Of course I'm partial to red anyway, but I think it's a great combination. 

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Greg
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Thanks Greg. It feels good in the hand and has just enough heft to it.

I forgot to mention for acrylic blanks I paint the tubes and the inside of each blank so the brass tubes don't show through.

I see why you can't part with it Mike, it's gorgeous and I love the shine you put on it. I may have to get 1 or 2 kits for myself after bills are paid next month.

Great job!

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Charles Nicholls
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Thank you Charles! They do make for some very striking products.

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Awesome pen Mike. I love the red blank you used. Lot of character in the blank. Very nice kit also. They compliment each other. I can certainly see why you wouldn't want to part with it.

Pictures look good also, but I know what you mean. I have been trying to get some good pictures with a different camera and it just isn't doing what I think it should do.

Great job, thanks for posting.

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John Moody
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I have really never had good luck with getting pictures myself. I hear that a light box helps but can't afford to buy one and don't have a way to set one up/build one. So i try using natural light from the window, but that just adds new problems by bringing an outside view to the picture. The camera does have macro capability, but it always gets dark area's in the image.

John Moody said:

Awesome pen Mike. I love the red blank you used. Lot of character in the blank. Very nice kit also. They compliment each other. I can certainly see why you wouldn't want to part with it.

Pictures look good also, but I know what you mean. I have been trying to get some good pictures with a different camera and it just isn't doing what I think it should do.

Great job, thanks for posting.

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John Moody
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Splendid looking pen.  The vibrance of its color adds more finesse to it. 

Thanks John!

I've been reading some of the articles on photography on the IAP site now I just need to figure out how to use the wife's camera.

John Moody said:

Awesome pen Mike. I love the red blank you used. Lot of character in the blank. Very nice kit also. They compliment each other. I can certainly see why you wouldn't want to part with it.

Pictures look good also, but I know what you mean. I have been trying to get some good pictures with a different camera and it just isn't doing what I think it should do.

Great job, thanks for posting.

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John Moody
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Charles you can make a light box from a cardboard box and plain white paper and a couple of desk lamps. You just need a way of creating diffused light. I'll be building one in a few weeks before I get started on Christmas presents. Now I just need to figure how to work the camera.

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Thanks Claude!

Claude Bradford said:

Splendid looking pen.  The vibrance of its color adds more finesse to it. 

I actually tried that Mike, about a year ago, i tried diffusing the light with thin TP since i didn't have anything else, it still blocked too much light, so i am waiting for a better way/money enough to do the better way. The lamp i have is about 12-14" tall so way up high over the box and not able to be lowered. I need really to figure this out as my pictures definitely suffer.

Mike Dillen said:

Charles you can make a light box from a cardboard box and plain white paper and a couple of desk lamps. You just need a way of creating diffused light. I'll be building one in a few weeks before I get started on Christmas presents. Now I just need to figure how to work the camera.

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I really like this kit. It has clean lines. It compliments the blank and allows the blank to be the attraction.

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