(Drum roll please...) First JR Gent!

[Marc Phillips]

Ta Da!

After sending poor ol Lyle a bum check and still getting the pen kits, I figured what the heck... turn one!

I did have some trouble... mostly with the size of this kit... this is one big ol pen!

I am glad I got this one out of the way... and this will be my carry-around-pen now...

BLO, then CA, and finally buffed...

Have at it gang

 

[Dan]

That's a beautiful pen Marc, and a great picture. What's the wood?

Anyway, nice work and a fine picture too... looks liquid.

 

[Skye]

I'd say a tinge bottom heavy, but a sweet lookin pen! Is that a dyed wood?

 

[johncrane]

GDay Marc looks good mate nice photo and finish good job allround.[]

 

[lwalden]

Nice looking finish. I need to try and get back to working on my CA finish attempts soon- just can't seem to get consistent results that look as good as yours. Good looking pen.

 

[alamocdc]

Mark, if you think the Jr. is big, just wait until you turn a Gent. [:0] It's huge by comparison. I love the finish, what's the wood?

 

[Dario]

What Billy said []

 

[BigRob777]

Bubinga? Pink Ivory? It looks a bit light for chechen, though the cap looks like it could be that. Nice work, though a tad bulbous for my taste. Is this the same as a baron? There seems to be a gap on the bottom half, at the cap, underneath. Is that something that is typical? I'm not experienced with anything this big either. It looks nice though. Better than my stuff.
Rob

 

[rpasto92]

I have some Tiete Rosewood that looks like that so I'll throw that out as my guess for wood type.

 

[Snazzypens]

Nice pen for a person with large hands or arthritis. NICE Job
Toni

 

[Jim15]

Great pen, nice work.

 

[Marc Phillips]

Thanks for the comments all... I don't know what the wood is... The pic makes the wood look just a tad more red than it actually is. I got these blanks a long time ago, and they have just been sitting since... the blanks look really plain, so I never bothered to use them, but there is a lot of grain and figure that shows up after turning a little..

 

[emtmike]

It seems a little "off center" at the cap. Hard to tell. Is there a gap?

My wife has the same idea "I must still have money, theres still checks in the check book"

 

[Marc Phillips]

Originally posted by emtmike
<br />It seems a little "off center" at the cap. Hard to tell. Is there a gap?

There's no gap... but it does dip down slightly where the lower barrel meets the centerband... just an "oops" as I was turning it... []

 

[GBusardo]

I like it, finish looks great []

 

[Marc Phillips]

Originally posted by Skye
<br />I'd say a tinge bottom heavy, but a sweet lookin pen! Is that a dyed wood?

Thanks for the comment.... I appreciate it... but I don't get it!

I will be making more of the Jr Gents now, so I wanted to make sure i knew what you meant by "bottom heavy" .... the lower barrel is too thick?... or?