Buckeye Burl RB

[alamocdc]

I was looking for a lower priced RB for some of my customers so I thought I'd try this one. I also had a few scrap pieces of stabilized Buckeye burl that weren't really big enough for anything on their own so I threw a piece of biege pick guard in. Sorry about the focus, it seems my new camera liked my pen rest better than the pen. [B)] I'll get it right next time.

Thanks for taking the time to look and all comments/criticisms welcome.

 

[BigRob777]

Hi Big Guy,
Of course you know better than to expect anything intelligent from me, concerning critique, so I'll just say I love the simple, yet eye catching way you divided this pen up. I'm not bonkers about the narrow tip of the kit, but the rest is a pen I would expect would sell pretty well. I've got to make my way up to burls. This week, I hope. The turning is gorgeous. Did you stabilize it yourself?

Rob

 

[alamocdc]

Thanks, Rob, no I didn't stabilize these. I got the "scraps" out of a grab bag of stabilized shorts from Woodturningz. The narrow tip is actually a tad larger than that of the Baron. However, it is plastic, and I'm not real bonkers about the kit in general. [] It is nearly identical to the CSUSA Standard FP and while I've made a few of them, I'm not crazy about them either, but I've sold half so someone likes them.

 

[BigRob777]

Well, your talent might have had something to do with it.[]
I haven't seen a pen from you yet that I didn't like. I always get the bug, when it is too late to go out into my shop and try something I've seen and liked.

 

[PenWorks]

Looks good Billy, the accent is simple, yet attractive. I just don't like snap cap pens.
Good job with the scraps, Now quit being so cheap and buy some pen blanks from BigRobb[]

 

[BigRob777]

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BTW: Billy, When I said the narrow tip, I meant the <b>black shaft</b>, behind the nib, whatever that is called. And Anthony, actually you both have, but I don't have any buckeye burl, just buckeye wood.[]

 

[rtjw]

Looks good. I aint to sure about the pick guard but i can see why you had to add it. Overall looks good.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Great use of the scrpas & clever idea to use pickguard to separate the sections. I am not particularly fond of the plastic sleeve before the nib.

 

[vick]

Looks like a really good piece of buckeye, nice job. Not sure about the pickguard but I am a pretty plain guy.