Not sure, hard to say in photos, mail them over and I'll take a look!
The second one, I think the color and undertone of the wood and it's darkness complements the gold accents perfectly.
I'm not a fan of slimlines because to give any heft to the pens you end up with that muffin top look or wild shapes on the lower tube. That said the light brown pen looks best overall, I do like the grain pattern in the darker one though.
That makes sense. I am gonna make some fountain pens soon. I just had a few of these mechanics lying around.
I make a couple of slimlines a year but I prefer cigar pens or majestic rollerball, I have made a few fountain pens but the kits were fairly cheap and I had problems getting ink to flow consistently through the nibs.
All are beautiful, but I’m partial to the one that looks looks roasted maple (light brown)
It's ipe, with a few layers of teak oil and beeswax
Nice
I like the dark one the best since it looks the best with the gold
wenge. I like it too and so i got some more blanks.
All of them really nice, but the second one looks the most natural to me. The darkness and the contrast of gold is superb 🙌
thanks. Ive bought some more woods and hopefully african blackwood will be almost as pretty
2nd pic. The darker one fo sho
