Laburnum and bullets

An elegant fancy gold laburnum pen.

And a bulletpen made of Cocobolo wood. I used as different finish while making this pen. Normally I’ll sand the pen with 600 grid and apply a coat of super glue before polishing it up to 12000 grid. After that I’ll normally apply two coats of friction wax.

With this pen I stopped halfway through the polishing and applied another coat of super glue. After that I applied yet another coat of super glue before sanding up to 12000 grid. To finish the polishing I choose Hut Plastic Polish Ultra Gloss in stead of friction wax. This causes a high gloss on the pen. It was the first time I’ve used this new technique. I will make another pen using this same technique which I will use myself to test the gloss and how long it will stay glossy. The oil in our hands causes the pens to get dull over time, so I hope that this new technique will help overcome this.