Four Old Pens

[Sappheiros]

Hey everyone! I'm back in action and ready to turn!

Here are four pens I made a while back that I never got a chance to post.
(I uploaded more photos of them all in my member photos.)

1. Jr. Aaron Rollerball with a Blue Buckeye Burl blank

2. Slimline Ballpoint with what I'm pretty sure is Cherry Wood

3. Virage Rollerball with a custom purple alumalite blank
(It definitely needed to be reverse painted and you can see where a huge chip popped off and I glued it back...)

4. Virage Rollerball with Mono Swirls - Wizard's Purple Mist
(Love the blank, but it shattered the first time I turned it, but I had enough to make another. This blank can be very dense so gotta use the right amount of pressure with it.)

 

[Drewboy22]

Welcome back Avi!! Good Job on the pens

 

[OZturner]

Excellent Pens, Avi.
Regarding the Big Chip loss off Pen #3.
Did the Chip have any Adhesive on it, when it parted company from the Tube? or
Did the Chip leave part of it's self attached to the Tube?
Normally to loose a piece that large, it would indicate that it wasn't adhered particularly well.
The next question is, What Adhesive did you use when you put the Tube into the Blank?
It's a such a shame to spend so much time and effort, and have it Go West.
Brian.

 

[Sappheiros]

I'm not quite sure what had happened with that pen in particular. I usually put more than enough glue on my tubes and spin it as I insert them into the blanks to get a good even coat inside. It was probably a case of going too hard too fast.