Cut 'Em Things

As mentioned in my previous entry , I've ordered new Toho Sangyo Urushi Tubes from Fishingshop.kiwi , which is based in Japan. I genuinely have no idea what is the use for these Urushi Lacquer tubes from sport fishing companies but I am glad they have it. Some people buy this from Amazon for Kintsugi repair but are instantly disappointed since this specific Toho Urushi is not approved for tableware.  Look at how many Urushi tubes I ordered lol. Short feedback for Fishingshop.kiwi: Date of ordering was April 23, 2021. I have to wait for them to check stocks before I can pay them. After a quick e-mail follow-up, I only got the confirmation from them on April 27, 2021, which means I can finally make the card payment. I paid immediately after receiving. There were a few hours that lapsed before my order status updated to "paid" I was kind of expecting that they'd be shipped out before the Golden Week starts. But they didn't. I had to wait for the Golden Week to end be...

 Checking out my Urushi Preppy pens in the middle of curing time. I planned a 48 hour curing time for my sealing layer of my 4th base layer. 4 primer layers might sound overkill but I've sanded too much on some parts that the substrate gets exposed. So this is like  a do over thing. They should be okay by tomorrow evening.  I'm impressed by how smooth and shiny they look but in reality they are not perfect and there are small bubbles here and there. Definitely spend some more time applying Urushi coats and make sure get very good lighting.  There is about 20g left in my Urushi tube. I have no spares left and the fishingshop.kiwi order looks like it hasn't been shipped yet and as of this writing, the Japanese Golden Week just started. This is going to be a long wait to finish these Preppies. If you are interested in how I got this all started, here is a link to my previous blog post .

I do love my pens and pencils but I want to get my hands busy with these stationery things with anything other than writing with them. So for my next project I want to try to "coat" my Preppy with Urushi Lacquer. Note: This is my first time doing this and I am just learning as I go along. I tried my best to be well informed before doing March 21, 2021 I took off the clip with a my trusty Dremel. It's not difficult to remove and easy to smooth out as long as you have good hand control. Setting the Dremel on High will easily eat away the plastic material of the pen. We better be careful. It looks nice when clipless. Clipless, it feels like you've taken away a chunk of Preppy's personality. It still looks pleasant and slender, sort of androgynous  When it's all smooth after, I proceeded to sand the cap and case with 600, 1200, 2400 grit sand paper. If ever I  would do this again, I would use coarser sand papers as it does get the thing Short update: For my later ...