First celtic knot

[djwood1]

Gold/black box elder with maple segments.

 

[gketell]

That's your first?? WOW, I'm impressed. Very well done!!

 

[markgum]

wow... my first one is a bunch of sawdust.... Great job.

 

[hunter-27]

Gold/black box elder with maple segments.

1st huh? I don't believe you!! 1st one you have shown us maybe? :biggrin:

 

[rjwolfe3]

very nice!

 

[mickr]

can't be the first..naw...it's too gosh darn good

 

[louisbry]

Very nice first and I like the subtle color combination.

 

[maxman400]

You mean first one posted,,,,, right? if not WOW!!

 

[watchman7]

Waaaaay too good for a first!!

 

[artme]

Beautifully done! Great looking pen.

 

[djwood1]

Really, it's the first one made. I went by the tutorial by Larry Wirt (a.k.a. ribanett) titled "6 Segment Knot Pen". Thanks Larry! Bought a Nobex saw, liked the idea of not getting my fingers close to a spinning blade! Then I made the jig, thought about how each step would go and started sawing.

The hole drilled was just enough off center that a couple of the segments don't touch. Not sure how that happened. Maybe my vise wasn't exactly centered or I didn't get the blank perfectly round after gluing each segment. It looked centered when I drilled it, but was off a little when I took it out of the vise.

Thanks for the comments!