For the golfers out there

[Penl8the]

To all golfers out there (and non-golfers too),

Playing with casting again. The material this time is label from a box of Titleist Pro V1x and Pro V1 (golf ball).

Picture 1 - front side of the blanks. Top 2 blanks are Titleist Pro V1x, bottom 2 blanks are Titleist Pro V1.

Picture 2 - back side of the blanks.

Casting process - cut the label to the length of a Sierra tube, figure out the width of the label = the diameter of the tube. CA glue the label to the tube ... and cast in polyresin.

Pens will come soon. Have to buy some Sierra kit :D.

As always comments are welcome.

Oh, FORE!!!

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[rdabpenman]

They look great Branden.
The golfers will love them.

Les

[krenzr]

Very finicky work Branden. Good showing on your imagination!!!!

[jaywood1207]

Great idea. I don't see the seam but how is it in person? Very visible? Can't wait to see the finished pen.

[SilverFox]

Penl8the (Branden)

I only yell FORE if I hook or slice badly !! :mad:

But those blanks are staight down the fairway ... and looooong ! ;):D

Very nice !
Bob

[gwilki]

They look great, but whatever you do, don't sell them or the pens that are made from them. Those are trademarks and on a couple of other lists that I am on, people have been sued big time by trademark holders for trivial "violations". Some of them won in court, but at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars.

[Penl8the]

Hello Grant,

Thanks for the reminder for the trademark legality. I am fully aware of that area. I have been read something on IAP. I am just playing around with different ideas.

Now my question is: would I have Titleist knocking at my door if I give the pens as gifts to my golfing buddies (not sure those hackers deserve them)? Or as a gift (as a pen or just a blank), say in a pen swap?

I can hear it now. :D:D:D:D:D

Hear ye, hear ye. The court is in session, Judge Judy presiding. Case #1 professional golf ball maker (Titleist the great) vs. # 130 handicap hacker.

Judge Judy: Defendant, what say ye.

Hacker: Your honest. I would like to move this case to be dismissed. I have a handicap index over 130. I cannot be called a golf professional at all. I can prove to the court that I do not have 19 mistresses, not even 1.

P.S. watch for my next post. Levis might be knocking at my door too.

[Crickett]

Incredible Branden!!! Sure was worth the wait!!

[gwilki]

Branden
I am far from an expert on this. I do know that giving them away does not completely absolve you. I have a friend here in Ottawa who did hockey logos on mdf. She gave them to friends. She has already been contacted by one of the teams. She may well escape any problems. However, she may well need to pay lawyers lots o' money to fix this.
I wasn't suggesting that people don't do things like this. I just wanted to raise the issue for consideration. Mont Blanc went after a guy big time. He spent tens of thousands getting out of it. Another turner was asked by a friend to turn a pen into which he could thread the front sections of a commercially-made pen. This turner was strongly advised by others not to do it. If the recipient were to post on the net that "so and so made me this pen so that I could swap out these sections", the turner could be in trouble.
It is amazing the lengths some companies will go to defend their trademarks. Part of that is the way the law is written. If it can be shown that a company did not vigourously defend and police its trademark, it can be a valid defence for ignoring it. So, it's in the best interest of those holding trademarks to go to extreme ends to defend them.