Last pens before moving

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builtbybill

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Well, we are getting ready to move so here are the last pens that I will be making at this house. There are actually a couple of others that are not in the photos because 1, Stratus Click, is at work and my wife gave a Rhodium Jr. Gent II to her mother before I could get a photo.

Sorry about crappy photos the house is in disarray and did not have much time to get them taken, edited and uploaded.

So here they are:


Here is a Graduate magnetic roller ball my daughter wanted me to make for her best friend's high school graduation gift. It is Gunmetal with Worthless Wood.


Here is a Liberty pen and pencil set with Tornadic Twists blank from exotics that I made for my daughter's high school graduation gift. Lets just say these blanks look awesome but they are a PITA to work with, had a couple small cracks form at the finial end of the pen but due to the cost of these and my time constraints I covered with some thin CA and moved on.


Here is a Le Roi V2 Gold Ti/gunmetal with banksia pod.


Here is a rhodium Gentleman's pen with Alien Eye's PR from slabs, blanks and boards, complete with custom finial button


And the very last pen turned at my current house - Cigar hybrid with Oceans Sun PR blank from slabs, blanks and boards, complete with custom finial button. Unfortunately I messed up the fit at the finial end, it was a tiny bit to big so I started to get it closer and my wife came out screaming at me to "get of the damn lathe and start packing" and in the rush I took a little too much off. No big deal since this is just a pen that I will be using at work anyway.


Thanks for looking and any critiques are more than welcome.
 
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Charlie_W

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Great job on the pens!
Your Cigar pen shape looks almost identical to a couple of Cigar pens I turned a few years ago! I will have to find the pics.

You will have to post some pics when you get your new shop set up!
 

builtbybill

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Great job on the pens!
Your Cigar pen shape looks almost identical to a couple of Cigar pens I turned a few years ago! I will have to find the pics.

You will have to post some pics when you get your new shop set up!


I cannot lie, your pens were the inspiration to this pen, I wanted to change the top half up, by incorporating something else I saw, but I was running out of time with my wife lecturing me about needing to get packing.

I hope you do not mind.:peace:
 

Charlie_W

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Great job on the pens!
Your Cigar pen shape looks almost identical to a couple of Cigar pens I turned a few years ago! I will have to find the pics.

You will have to post some pics when you get your new shop set up!


I cannot lie, your pens were the inspiration to this pen, I wanted to change the top half up, by incorporating something else I saw, but I was running out of time with my wife lecturing me about needing to get packing.

I hope you do not mind.:peace:

Thanks! I think you chose a terrific design! :biggrin:
I really like the blank selection too!
Enjoy!
 

OZturner

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Great Collection of Pens, William.
I love the Blank of Worthless Wood you used, Glorious.
Excellent Fit and Finish.
Look forward to seeing what your house moves inspires you into.
Congratulations,
Brian.
 
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