Jr Gent - segmented

[darrylm]

My wife's friend asked me to make a pen for her to give to her husband for his birthday. She told me to make whatever I felt like. I hadn't tried a Jr Gent, so I thought this would be a good time to give one a try.

Here's what I've got:

The finish is CA/BLO. The kit is a black ti fountain with a smooth end. The segments are maple, walnut and jatoba.

comments and critiques are welcome. thanks for looking.

 

[sparhawk]

Sharp lookin pen. Looks like a lot of work.Good job.

 

[alamocdc]

I really like the unique zigzag, Darryl. It has somewhat of a southwest look to it.[^]

 

[toolcrazy]

I like it. I need to try that one day.

 

[jskeen]

Seriously, was the southwest/native american look intentional, or just an exercise in applied geometry?

 

[R2]

Nifty pen.[] Bet it was painful to set up the segmenting for the blank.

 

[igran7]

Very nice looking pen Darryl I need to try one of those some day, It looks very complicated. Great job, truly a pen to be proud of, I'm sure your wife's friend will cherish it.

 

[Ligget]

WOW! That is magnificent![]

 

[jwoodwright]

Turned out great.

 

[GaryMGg]

[voice of Jack Black playing the machinist in The Jackal w/ Bruce Willis]

"That thing is kick as*. Dude is this thing a prototype, or what? I bet you it cost you a bleepload. That rocks. Man, you rock. Do you know what I'm saying? Rock! bleepin thing kicks as*. Oh, yeah. ..."

[voice off]

 

[fernhills]

fantastic

 

[johncrane]

Yes Darrly thats a Wow! top work mate! l would think a belt sander might be handy on jobs like this one.[]

 

[louisbry]

Beautiful pen! Great job on the segmenting.

 

[Tanner]

Beautiful segmenting!!! I'm dizzy just thinking what you went through in making this pen!

 

[Verne]

Absolutely off of the WOW scale. Very nice.
Vern

 

[wjskip]

outstanding pen. your jointery is impressive. That is a pen I would like to try when i learn to drill straight and in the middle.

 

[Mather323]

Outstanding work on your pen, it is a work of art![^]

 

[darrylm]

Thanks for the compliments guys, I do appreciate the feedback. I've taken my mental notes on what needs to be improved on new designs.
Ya'll can thank GaryMGg for proding me along. If it weren't for his encouragement, I probably wouldn't be pushing myself to try these. Thanks Gary, I hope you have a good turnout to bubbasvillefest!
The birthday boy still hasn't received this pen. We had some crappy weather up here yesterday, so hopefully today it'll get passed along. I'm curious to hear his response as I understand he's a bit of a "pen snob", which of course makes me a little anxious...
well, I've got another blank ready to go and it's not going to turn itself...