vtgaryw
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Just a quick snap, lousy photo, I just finished these and I'm packing up for my biggest show of the year for the Vermont Hand Crafters.
These are two SPW Cabellero Fountain Pens, I was quite pleased with the result. I'm been making single barrel pens with the upper segmented style for a few years now, and I have it down pretty well, so I thought I'd use it for the upper end.
The left one is purple heart/maple with a walnut accent, and the right one is walnut/maple with a walnut accent.
My first attempts at these 4 or 5 years ago ended up in a seam you could feel along the diagonal 60 degree cuts after a few months, but now I stabilize the blanks individually and then glue then up. Ones I've had for almost two years still feel seamless.
-gary
The lower barrel of the walnut pen has a shadow in it, it's really a nice piece of wood, not two different shades like the pic shows.
These are two SPW Cabellero Fountain Pens, I was quite pleased with the result. I'm been making single barrel pens with the upper segmented style for a few years now, and I have it down pretty well, so I thought I'd use it for the upper end.
The left one is purple heart/maple with a walnut accent, and the right one is walnut/maple with a walnut accent.
My first attempts at these 4 or 5 years ago ended up in a seam you could feel along the diagonal 60 degree cuts after a few months, but now I stabilize the blanks individually and then glue then up. Ones I've had for almost two years still feel seamless.
-gary
The lower barrel of the walnut pen has a shadow in it, it's really a nice piece of wood, not two different shades like the pic shows.
