2 modified slimlines

[coach]

redheart on top
coffee bean on the bottom

 

[rtjw]

Great looking pens.

 

[PenWorks]

Well at least somebody is enjoying a little time off work. [] Nice pens Coach.

 

[JimGo]

Coach, these look great! Can't wait to see what you're doing by the end of the summer! []

 

[Deere41h]

Isn't summer great....Look at all the time your going to have turning out those great looking pens. Nice job. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[its_virgil]

Coach has caught the disease. Look at him go. Now out of shoot #2..that pen making coach from south Texas...You know it's going to be hard to abruptly stop when two-a-days start.
...Can yuu take your lathe to coachihg school...Where is coaching school this year...Ft. Worth is close to Wichita Falls. Let me know.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[jvsank]

Nice looking pens

 

[coach]

Coaching school is in San Antonio for the first time in like 40 years. Ft. Worth next year. I'll have to set up a meeting time maybe at Woodcraft or something. I should set up a booth. I could sell mechanical pencils. We use a bunch of them. The old saying is "he who has the pencil last always wins!" LOL I won't have a choice but to stop the lathe for 2-a-days. We get to work around 7:00am and our last practice ends at about 10:00pm. Usually home by 11:00. It is awesome though!

 

[53Jim]

Very nice pens Coach, but i have a question...

On the bottom pen - doesn't the wood, being exposed the way it is, have a tendency to crack, or catch on shirt pockets & stuff?

Just wondering

 

[coach]

Don't know Jim, it is the first one i have turned. That is a good question. Many people here have turned those maybe they can answer for us.

 

[swm6500]

Nice lookin pens Coach. I have turned a few similar to the bottom one, but still have them so I don't know the answer either.

 

[alamocdc]

Good looking pens, Coach! The redheart is my favorite (I just like red!).

To answer the question posed by Jim, I round the bottom of mine over for just that reason. The lip may still cause them to "drag" as they go into the pocket, but no more than a Euro or MontBlanc would and with the bottom rounded or chamfered, you're less likely to catch the grain on something causing a chipout.

 

[its_virgil]

I'll answer for Coach since this is a new pen to him: No! to boyh.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally po him: sted by 53Jim
<br />Very nice pens Coach, but i have a question...

On the bottom pen - doesn't the wood, being exposed the way it is, have a tendency to crack, or catch on shirt pockets & stuff?

Just wondering

 

[badwin]

Nice job on the pens. I am going to have to try that bottom style.
Brian

 

[Ben]

Terrific pens Coach! I know everybody else so far has said they liked the bottom one, but I really like the redheart one... What size bushing did you use for the middle of that one? Are those fiber washers as a "centerband" on the redheart one? Anyway they both look great, and good luck this season...


Ben

 

[Darley]

Very nice pen Coach, done a good job.

 

[coach]

No bushing for the center. I stuck the ends together and turned it as one piece. The center band is a piece of old credit card glued to the blanks. I just shaped it to what looked comfortable. The people who have seen this one love the feel of it.

 

[Ben]

Originally posted by coach
<br />No bushing for the center. I stuck the ends together and turned it as one piece. The center band is a piece of old credit card glued to the blanks. I just shaped it to what looked comfortable. The people who have seen this one love the feel of it.

I am very impressed! I think I'll have to give it a try myself if you don't mind. Seriously, I havn't seen a slimline design yet that has caught my fancy like this one! Again, terrific job and thanks for sharing...


Ben

 

[driften]

very nice.... I really like the redheart one!

 

[Fleabit]

both of them are good looking pens.