Common advice

[bensoelberg]

One of the most common pieces of advice that I see on here to newbies is to keep their first pen. All the experienced turners say how great it is to be able to look back at the first one after a year or two and see the progress that you've made. So, why should you have all the fun? We've seen your good ones, we know what you're capable of, now why don't you show us how far you've come? If you've still got your first, I'm calling you out! Feel free to post them in this thread. Here's mine. It's a gold slimline made with Honduran rosewood (no burl) finished with a couple of coats of WOP. The fit looks better in the pictures than it is and it is definitely out of round.

 

[PaulDoug]

I'll bite. This was my first, made out of a piece of scrape wood a friend gave me after he had a deck made. He said it was call Brazilian Tiger Wood, but I don't think is was. Coarse it is a slimline kit.

 

[IPD_Mr]

I burned mine! :biggrin:

 

[turbowagon]

Here's mine.... it's one of my favorite pens I've turned. A box elder burl satin nickel Euro with a CA/BLO finish:

- Joe

 

[bensoelberg]

Geez Joe, no wonder your pens look so good. You started off making great pens!

 

[minus459]

I'm game.
A gunmetal slimline dressed in black palm, it was given away
I think I may need to make another one and lie about it


Peter

 

[kludge77]

Joe--- That's an amazing first pen. Whoa.

My first were bad. Really bad. Wenge and Maple

All the fitting just spin around becuase I didn't mill it all the way to tubes. Wife still has it in her reject cup.