Checkered Sketch Pencils now with Pics!

[huskerturner]

This will be my first post on this website. I just finished these two sketch pencils the other day. They will be a birthday present for a co-workers son who I hope will get some good use from them. I may be having second thoughts about giving them up. If anyone has any comments or criticisms about the project please let me know. The wood(s) I used for this project are: Bloodwood / Holly and Gaboon ebony / Holly. and they were turned on my dads old 72 model craftsman lathe and finished with several coats of liquid shellawax.

Thank you to everyone who helped me out with this Picture Problem, Hope you all like the Pencils.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Looks like you have spaces in the file name, try to replace them with underscores.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Much better, those look awesome

 

[badger]

Very nice.

 

[Ligget]

Awesome![:0][]

 

[Randy_]

I was just reading a thread about someone who wanted to make a Dale Earnhardt pen. Sometinng like yours could be a starting point.

 

[Dan_F]

Nice job! Which kit is that?

Dan

 

[Rifleman1776]

Your segmenting is great. Those Artist's Sketch Pencils look great. I have given several as gifts and they are always well received. I have some in the stores that sell my pens. They are not big sellers but do fill a niche and the occasional buyers are thrilled with them. Nice work. BTW, with hard lead installed, they are magically transformed from artists pencils into shop pencils.
For a first post, you hit a home run.

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice work ! [8D]

 

[huskerturner]

I have been getting all my kits from Craft Supplies USA, they have seemed to be a little better quality. If anyone knows of other suppliers that they have tried and have had good luck with, I might give them a try. I have always wondered if the bushings between company are the same. I have had a few that were a little different for the same pen type, so I have been trying to stay with one company so I dont end up with so many different kinds of bushings.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Originally posted by huskerturner

I have been getting all my kits from Craft Supplies USA, they have seemed to be a little better quality. If anyone knows of other suppliers that they have tried and have had good luck with, I might give them a try. I have always wondered if the bushings between company are the same. I have had a few that were a little different for the same pen type, so I have been trying to stay with one company so I dont end up with so many different kinds of bushings.

Stick with CS. They aren't perfect but in long run you will have best service and products.

 

[devowoodworking]

Very nice work!! I wonder if you could explain the technique you use to prevent the holly from being contaminated with the bloodwood or gaboon ebony?

 

[bitshird]

Very pretty pencils, Kind of hard keeping the bloodwood and ebony from bleeding into the holly, but you did a sweet job.[8D][8D]

 

[huskerturner]

Originally posted by devowoodworking

Very nice work!! I wonder if you could explain the technique you use to prevent the holly from being contaminated with the bloodwood or gaboon ebony?

Thanks for the compliment. This was my first attempt at using these 3 woods together and I did not even think of the black and red bleeding over into the white when I started. when I started finish sanding with the courser grits that is when it would bleed the worst. so I just lightened up on the pressure I used when I was sanding with the grain, and wiped it clean every time with a clean rag (old sock) and it seemed to all but take care of it. after I got to around MM 1500 the problem stopped. There was a few places where there was some darker bleeding so I just carefully tried to sand the one square. After I started to apply the finish, it cleared up a little more. I think the Ebony was the worst of the two as far as color bleeding.

 

[GaryMGg]

Exceptional segmentation; those are some of the cleanest lines I've seen in a while.

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful pens. I like making the artist pencil. Have made two, gave one to my daughter and one to her boyfriend. Need to buy some more kits.

 

[Dan_F]

Didn't CSUSA recently discontinue these?

Dan

 

[workinforwood]

very nice looking pencils indeed.

 

[devowoodworking]

Thanks for your reply Greg!

 

[huskerturner]

Originally posted by Dan_F

Didn't CSUSA recently discontinue these?

Dan

I just purchased these a few weeks ago, I hope they dont discontinue them. I did not see anything that said they were going to get rid of them.

 

[Dan_F]

You're right, they are still listed on the website. There was a similar product that they carried that was discontinued, will have to do some checking to find out what the difference was between the two kits. There was at least one thread in which someone was bemoaning the fact that his favorite kit was no longer available.

Dan