I really like burls. It is hard to say which is my favorite but this corrugated burl is in the top three or so. This is a full sized Emperor from the group purchase (thanks Dale). First time doing a full sized pen like this. The emeropr is one nice pen kit! Any comments are fine. Thanks, Mike
...and another burl
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Dale Lynch
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Beautiful timber,stunning pen,job well done.
Jim15
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That's one beautiful pen.
mrburls
Member
Absolutely beautiful pen and workmanship. And the photos are some of the best I've seen. Wish I could take photos like that. What do you use for a background?
Keith "mrburls"
Keith "mrburls"
Chatham PenWorks
Member
Beautiful piece if work.
Woodkiller
Member
Superb blank and terrific overall. I love them both. Do you have any info on the blank?
Thanks. My background is just a semi-gloss white poster board with a piece of glass on top. I use a photo box I made by just cutting places for lights on the sides and top. I using tracing paper as the light diffuser.
Thank you. If you are asking where I got the blank from, I don't remember. It came stabilized and was full of eyes as you can see.
Kaurikid
Member
Just how everyone wants their pens to 'turn' out, well me anyway, perfect piece of wood and workmanship. I'm considering this pen kit but cant find any dimensions on Dayacom kits. Can you please tell me the length and width of this one?
Thanks
Steve
Thanks
Steve
I fount this link if it helps. There are some IAP vendors that sell this kit. Maybe they can jump in with some dimensions. The link discusses a fountain pen. I assume the FP and roller ball are close to the same.
Elegant Fountain Pen - The Woodworkers Institute
Elegant Fountain Pen - The Woodworkers Institute
BJohn
Member
If you are looking for bad comments, you will find none here.
GREAT JOB!
GREAT JOB!
Big
Member
I love the burls, maybe one of my all-time favorites. Good job!
OZturner
Member
Outstanding in all Facets, Mike.
Terrific Pen Choice,
Unbelievably Beautiful Blank.
Superb Fit and Finish.
A Glorious Pen,
Well Worthy of the Front Page.
Brian.
Terrific Pen Choice,
Unbelievably Beautiful Blank.
Superb Fit and Finish.
A Glorious Pen,
Well Worthy of the Front Page.
Brian.
mikespenturningz
Member
That is one sweet piece of burl. Very nice job on the entire package.
Dalepenkala
Member
Mike you did an awesome job! Beautiful pen and pieces of burl! Job well done! Your welcome!
BayouPenturner
Member
nice wood and great job
Once again, thank for the nice comments.
Yes, it is a CA finish. I keep trying other finishes and come back to CA as a standard for me. Wish I didn't have such an issue with the fumes.
Yes, it is a CA finish. I keep trying other finishes and come back to CA as a standard for me. Wish I didn't have such an issue with the fumes.
Kaurikid
Member
Thanks for the info very helpful indeed.
Regards
Steve
Regards
Steve
RKB
Member
Beautiful pen. Thanks for sharing. Would you please share your CA technique? I am still attempting to get a consistent finish with CA. I sometimes get a good one and the next one not so good. Keep up the good work.
Rod
Rod
I can't say all my CA applications are consistent. About 25% of the time I start over because in the sanding and buffing process I took too much CA off and exposed the wood. If I am doing a pen kit that has plenty of meat on the tube (meat between brass tube and outside diameter required for the kit) I turn the barrel below the bushing size and then build it back up with CA. I build the CA above bushing size (or OD required). This gives plenty of room to get the CA sanded down and polished to the required OD. Going several coats beyond the required OD with CA gives plenty of room to fix CA imperfections (pits, bumps, ridges,…)as I work it back down to the needed OD. You will get a ton of different input if you ask people if they use thin or medium CA or both. I just start with thin and then one or two rounds of medium and finish with thin. As a personal preference, thin CA is just easier for me to control how it lays down. I sand up to 600 and then use EEE and then the three step Dr. Kirks polish. My way is one of about 20 other ways…or more!
A great pen for the front page :biggrin:
Sandsini
Member
I guess I'm a little late to the game, but that's a gorgeous pen...
Ironwood
Member
You certainly did that beautiful piece of burl justice Mike.
A worthy pen for the front page, well done.
A worthy pen for the front page, well done.