I Do Turn Pens

[wdcav1952]

I am rather lax about taking photographs of my pens. In fact, some accuse me of only coming to the forum to be a smarta....well you know.

The first pen shown is a TG Churchill roller ball kit I got from Ernie at BeartoothWoods. The blank was a gift from Roy (Oklahoman) and is Texas Mountain Laurel. The finish is poly acrylic spray.

The second kit is also from BeartoothWoods. It is a nickel-plated 30-06 cartridge using The Flat Top kit with a Parker refill. I used Axis deer antler for the upper tube.

Comments of all flavors welcome.

 

[mredburn]

Wow, Ok well you had me fooled, I thouht you only offered polls to vote on. +1 on the SA but hey im not far behind.

 

[johncrane]

Both pens look great Cav! l have been very lax too, so your not the only one.:biggrin:

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

And when you do you do a damn good job.....of being a smarta.......um pen maker
As some say NP'sGJ....

 

[wdcav1952]

Roy, you know I treasure NPGJ.

 

[jttheclockman]

Nice work on them both but i like the Churchill alot. Thanks for showing. Hope to see more.

 

[Sylvanite]

Nice looking pens! That mountain laurel is very pretty.

Regards,
Eric

 

[papaturner]

WOW! You do turn pens...............Awesome pens,love laurel.

 

[bitshird]

Nice work William, I particularly like the Churchill, honestly I had forgotten that on occasion albeit a rare one!:wink: You do sometimes post things other than your NORMAL smarta comments.:tongue::biggrin: Those are some pretty pens!!!

 

[mbroberg]

Heck, you don't need to come here to be a SA, you can be a SA anywhere. But to show off pens................glad you did!! Very nice. I'm partial to the Churchill but they both look good.:good:

 

[Ligget]

Both pens look excellent from over here too Cav, the Churchill is my favourite though, keep them coming my friend!

 

[Glenn McCullough]

See? making a pen aint so hard! go ahead make some more, they're nicely done!!

 

[sparhawk]

Hey Cav they look good, but dont take my word for it Open a poll and ask!:biggrin:

 

[mick]

Cav.....very nice pens! On the other thing....remember you'll always be OUR smarta...:biggrin:

 

[CaptG]

Way to go Cav., we always knew you were up to it. Nice looking pair of pens.

 

[cnirenberg]

Cav,
Those are some nice looking pens. Have you used the Poly Acrylic spray as a finish before? How well does it hold up to a daily use? I have been trying the wipe on poly as a finish, but its still not as nice looking as the standard CA.

 

[NewLondon88]

OK, you can hide behind the irritating leprechaun and all, but really..
what have you done with Cav? (whoever you are..)

 

[Bree]

Veddy nice!! Love that first one!

 

[JerrySambrook]

Who did you actually get those pens from?

 

[PR_Princess]

NPGJ Cav!! :biggrin:

 

[wdcav1952]

Cav,
Those are some nice looking pens. Have you used the Poly Acrylic spray as a finish before? How well does it hold up to a daily use? I have been trying the wipe on poly as a finish, but its still not as nice looking as the standard CA.

Cris,

It has held up very well for me on other projects, but I have only limited experience with it on a pen. I used the Krylon clear gloss.

Another option is to use the dip method. I am working on a couple of pens that way, using the Spar Polyurthane. I figure as hard as it dries it should do well. (A tip of the leprechaun hat to alamocdc for that idea.) This might not work well on certain shades of wood that might be adversely effected by some ambering of the finish over time.

I agree with you that I don't care for the results I get with wipe on poly. I don't know if it is the weather or what, but I have had some cracks show up in my CA finishes after a few days. Not in the wood, just in the CA.

 

[theHullTurn]

The truth comes out! You can indeed turn pens

 

[skiprat]

Yeah, yeah yeah.....you can't fool ALL of us.....but you can't make cool pens without practice.....

.....so who did you get to make them, huh???:biggrin:

NP'sGJ's!!! :biggrin:





Both really are damned nice but the Churchill is pretty special!!:wink::biggrin: