It's Lou's fault

[alamocdc]

His "Golden Mean" gave me an idea so I thought I'd try it. This pen uses no means, golden or otherwise. I just turned it as I liked it and as the blank dictated (of sorts). Baron desk pen in Aromatic Cedar, lacquer finsh. It has its flaws, but I like it anyway. I screwed up on the cap and used the Gent bushing that I got with the pin chuck instead of thinking about what I was doing. But the foulup looks intentional so maybe I should have kept my mouth, er... fingers shut. Here is the closed view:

And Dario's view:

Feel free to hammer away. I have thick skin and this one will sit on my desk... unless some hapless soul comes along and wants to buy it.

 

[Johnathan]

Looks great Billy! I have nothing bad to say about that. It looks a little long, but hey, to each his own. [8D] The finish looks wonderful.

 

[vick]

Billy I salute the effort but the final result of the style is not to my liking. The tuning looks excellent but it looks like a cross between a regular pen and a desk pen. The cap seems to big for you to carry and to small to make a good desk base.

 

[OSCAR15]

Very Unique! Awesome piece of wood as well ! Looks Great!

 

[alamocdc]

Thanks, guys. Mike, I actually agree with your sizing assessments. It is too big to be carried and that was the intent. The "base" of the cap needs to be larger in diameter and I intended for it to be. But the hole didn't stay square so I had to live with result. Or scrap it and start over, but I didn't want to waste that piece of Cedar. Surprisingly, it does "stand" better than I thought it would.

 

[airrat]

Billy I like it. As Johnathan mentioned about the length, how is the balance? The wood is fantastic.

 

[alamocdc]

Tom, I considered that in the design and actually left it overly long to compensate for 1) the weight of the missing hardware, and 2) the inherent lightness of the Cedar. The result is a pen that is nicely balanced when writing with it, even though it is much lighter than it looks. So far everyone that has held it have been very surprised by that.

 

[gerryr]

Nice job Billy. I can't decide about the overall shape, but the work is excellent.

 

[EdwinSSIV]

Very nice colors! I like the design very nice

 

[Charles]

Personally I like the look. Good Job!

 

[DCBluesman]

VERY nice pen, Billy. I'll gladly take all the <s>credit</s> blame! [8D]

 

[chitswood]

I Love aromatic Cedar! although I haven't turned any in a long time.
the smell reminds me of the walnut bowl factory in Springfield MO. They make grandfather clocks and Barrels from that wood there, so the whole place smell great.

Superb pen![]

 

[BigRob777]

Billy,
Gotta love that lacquer. You like those aromatic woods don't you?! Lignum Vitae and AC. My favorite is the Lignum Vitae for aroma. Awesome job on that pen.

I hope you folks don't think I'm snubbing you. I can't spend much time sitting upright in my office chair.
Rob

 

[alamocdc]

Actually, Rob, AC is okay, but I LOVE the smell of LV! I also like the smell of Pecan, Coco, Olivewood, Amboyna burl and we musn't forget Mesquite. Truth be know, the reason I chose AC for this one is that I didn't want to risk wasting a jumbo BDR blank on an experiment. [] I have some of this AC that I've been trying to figure out what to do with, so it lost... er, I guess won in this case. You can probably figure out what my next desk pen will be made from.

 

[knottyharry]

Very Uni-Q
I like that a lot.
Super pen, wood, and finish.
Harry

 

[elody21]

Sorry to bring up old posts, but I am months behind! This is a beautiful pen Billy. I really makes one look twice! I can see how it will make a nice desk pen and the finish, WOW! Great Job, Alice

 

[jdavis]

very nice Billy. We turn alot of Cedar