Rich L
January 24th, 2015, 12:52 PM
There are six long skinny pearl inlays around the barrel bounded by grooves made by mounting the barrel in a custom fixture on a rotary table and running a 1/2" ball end mill across the surface. The inlay shapes were made on a pantograph.
The inlays were placed, glued, and then the entire barrel was filled with epoxy to give it some backing. Of course most of it was drilled out so there's room for a filler! There are circular pearl inlays in the top of the finial and in the bottom of the barrel.
The cap is traditional guilloché using an unusually shifting pattern I've not seen anywhere before. It's meant to complement and continue the "wave" barrel inlay pattern.
I'm not likely to do this one again as it was very difficult, delicate at points, and very, very time consuming.
The pattern in the clip is done with the same pattern bars as used for the cap engraving.
Cheers,
Rich
1588615887
The inlays were placed, glued, and then the entire barrel was filled with epoxy to give it some backing. Of course most of it was drilled out so there's room for a filler! There are circular pearl inlays in the top of the finial and in the bottom of the barrel.
The cap is traditional guilloché using an unusually shifting pattern I've not seen anywhere before. It's meant to complement and continue the "wave" barrel inlay pattern.
I'm not likely to do this one again as it was very difficult, delicate at points, and very, very time consuming.
The pattern in the clip is done with the same pattern bars as used for the cap engraving.
Cheers,
Rich
1588615887