A few recent beauties

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

Hello.

New here.

Imperial with Gold Dyed BEB.

Click on the picture to see a collage of that one.

Love those snake blanks. so easy to do (if you know what you're doing.)

And one more:

A lovely Churchill with the Blue Black acetate from Berea.

Dario · Aug 1, 2006

WOW!!! [:0] Nice Imperial.

I like it...details please.

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

Kind a jumps out at you, eh?

Imperial pen kit. Gold dyed BEB from BB (Az Sil.) His is best. The yellow dyed from WTC is too yellow.

CA hi-gloss finish.

And it can be see from low earth orbit.

JimGo · Aug 1, 2006

Those are beauties! I think that's (at least one of, if not the) first Churchill I've seen that made me go "huh, maybe that isn't such a bad kit after all"! And the laser engraving on the Sierra is REALLY cool! Nice job!

chigdon · Aug 1, 2006

Awesome pens! I realy love the combination on the Emperor.

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

Got to do one of those Limited Edition jobs for a guy in California. Did four barrel sets for it, and let him pick the set he wanted.

Really they're just an Emperor, with an admittedly cool, high priced nib and a laser engraved serial number.

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

Gotta post this one too. Just to show I belong here:

And this one, and then I'm done. Promise.

Glenn McCullough · Aug 1, 2006

Glad I waited to reply! just beautiful pens, the Emperoro just hollars out at you, but the others are realy nice stuff. What material is on the last two?

gerryr · Aug 1, 2006

Yes, the gold BEB is very stunning and so is the Sierra. What is the last one, besides being a Statesman or Jr.?

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

Red Marble Celluloid (WTC) and Pomelle Sapele Bubinga (ebay).

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

JimGo, what don't you like about the Churchill?

Yeah, it's a twitchy kit to pick a blank for but not impossible.

johncrane · Aug 1, 2006

G'day Kaspar fantastic work mate they are all beautiful I also like the close up photos.

Kaspar · Aug 1, 2006

An Aussie. Nice to meet you. I just love Aussie woods.

alamocdc · Aug 2, 2006

And beauties they are Kaspar! Quite impressive.

Originally posted by Kaspar
 JimGo, what don't you like about the Churchill?

Yeah, it's a twitchy kit to pick a blank for but not impossible.

Oh, he's just kinda finicky and set in his ways, but he'll come around.[

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kkwall · Aug 2, 2006

Hi Kaspar,

Haven't thought much about man made blanks, but seeing some of the ones here......well it makes me want to try.

Really nice work. The depth of colour and the finish on your pens is fantastic!

Particularly like your last submit.

Bit of a purist at heart, and my first love will always be wood.

That said........never say never!

wdcav1952 · Aug 2, 2006

Dang, Kaspar, what a way to introduce your work!! Anyone would be proud to own each one of those pens. Great work, outstanding photography. I look forward to your next work.

DWK5150 · Aug 2, 2006

Very nice I like all.

rpasto92 · Aug 2, 2006

Please tell me you are new to the group, not new to pen turning. If you are a new turner making pens like this I think I'll just quit now because I am obviously out of my league.

Jerryconn · Aug 2, 2006

WOW!! Awesome pens, beautiful finish, they are simply fantastic!

Penmonkey · Aug 2, 2006

Outstanding![

] I don't know what else to say other than very very very nice!

OSCAR15 · Aug 2, 2006

These are all beutiful...You gonna write up a tutorial? I would love to know how you did the one with the Egyptian inlay....AWESOME

Rifleman1776 · Aug 2, 2006

It isn't often a poster brags on his own work in the title. But, as they say, if you can do it, it ain't braggin'. Very beautiful work. The yellow Imp. is a bit gaudy for my tastes, but that's an individual thing. Is that an inlay or engraving?

chitswood · Aug 2, 2006

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Very Impressive!

ken69912001 · Aug 2, 2006

Wow all the pens are absolutly great. Love the Imperial.And the engraving is awesome.

Kaspar · Aug 2, 2006

Originally posted by OSCAR15
 These are all beutiful...You gonna write up a tutorial? I would love to know how you did the one with the Egyptian inlay....AWESOME

Originally posted by Rifleman1776
Is that an inlay or engraving?

That's not an inlay. It's an engraving. I worked up the piccie, but Ken at Kallenshaan Woods did the work. I do hope to get my own Epilog Laser engraver with rotary tool at some point. The ideas I have for that will be .... very interesting.

Kaspar · Aug 2, 2006

Originally posted by rpasto92
 Please tell me you are new to the group, not new to pen turning. If you are a new turner making pens like this I think I'll just quit now because I am obviously out of my league.

I've been doing this for two years come November.

Kaspar · Aug 2, 2006

Originally posted by alamocdc
 And beauties they are Kaspar! Quite impressive.

Originally posted by Kaspar
 JimGo, what don't you like about the Churchill?

Yeah, it's a twitchy kit to pick a blank for but not impossible.

Click to expand...

Oh, he's just kinda finicky and set in his ways, but he'll come around.[]

A few people in professional fields tell me those are the most professional looking pens I do.

bonefish · Aug 2, 2006

Beautiful. I think anyone who made pens of this quality should brag about them.

I know that I would.

Bonefish

emackrell · Aug 2, 2006

Beautiful pens, Kaspar! The red celluloid looks stunning, rather as though it should be used on stage. Very eye-catching and beautifully done!

cheers Eileen

Kaspar · Aug 2, 2006

Originally posted by kkwall
 Hi Kaspar,

Haven't thought much about man made blanks, but seeing some of the ones here......well it makes me want to try. ...

... Bit of a purist at heart, and my first love will always be wood.

I felt that way at first too. But Hut's White Micapearl changed my mind on that. People went gaa-gaa over them. Like something an angel would write with.

The one thing I still have a prejudice against is the color dyed woods. That gold dyed BEB is the one exception.

Really nice work. The depth of colour and the finish on your pens is fantastic!

Particularly like your last submit.

You should have seen the variegated chatoyancy on that one when you moved it around. But it was sold even before I'd made it.

Speaking of chatoyancy, (fr. chat = cat, yeux = eyes, or Cat's-eye-ness). I tried to do an animated gif with curly Bubinga that shows it, but it never came off like I meant. Still it's pretty cool.

Kaspar · Aug 2, 2006

.... oops!

huntersilver · Aug 3, 2006

Wow, very nice looking pens!!

Rojo22 · Aug 3, 2006

Nice looking stuff....I aspire to making something of that quality...

OSCAR15 · Aug 4, 2006

ALL OF THESE YOU DID ARE JUST FANTASTIC! GREAT WORK! YOU DESERVE TO GLOAT AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS JEALOUS!

challagan · Aug 4, 2006

Awesome Pens!! Beautiful work.

corey

BigRob777 · Aug 5, 2006

Dude,
You've got skills. Wow!
Rob

Kaspar · Aug 5, 2006

Thanks, folks.

kf4knf · Aug 8, 2006

Did you use photo shop on those pics? Now that I look close I can see the glare spot in the center has some sun burst patters flowing outward. [

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Great looking pens! [

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Kaspar · Aug 8, 2006

That pen was less recent than the others. I was getting a little crazy with the photo processing effects until some people told me it was getting in the way of the pens, which of course defeated the purpose. So I stopped. You won't see such effects in the more recent ones.

huntersilver · Aug 10, 2006

Wow!!

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