Making 67 pens!

[yorkie]

Currently making 67 pens for an art trail event in my home town. Here are some that I have made so far.

From left to right:
Peacock feather /chrome clicker
Acrylic from Australia called Serengeti on Jr. Majestic platinum/black titanium
stained glass/blood wood cross on chrome clicker
English Horse Chestnut burl on sketch pencil
Pecan burl/Zen
Buffalo horn/cartridge pen
Redwood burl stabilized/Zen
Gold leaf (reverse painted in charcoal)/Broadwell Art Deco ballpoint
Amalgum/Cambridge fountain pen in gold and sterling silver
Amalgum/sterling silver Baron fountain pen

 

[yorkie]

All cut, tubed and trimmed; ready to go.

 

[bobjackson]

Good looking bunch of pens.

 

[yorkie]

Thanks, bob

 

[firewhatfire]

Looks overwhelming to me. I don't like having 4-5 backed up waiting to be turned. Cant imagine a pile like that. they look good to me.

Phil

 

[paintspill]

holy crap. when i read 67 pens i expected a pile of slimlines. that is and incredible undertaking. well done.

 

[workinforwood]

Wow that's some project!

 

[rizaydog]

Good luck with it. Looks like you have the hard part done already.

 

[weaverslodge]

Nice looking lot. I've got about 35 ready to turn - I set myself up a spreadsheet to keep me clued up with the status of each one. So I can see if it's marked, cut, drilled, glued, trimmed, turned or assembled.

It's actually working quite well. All 35 are ready to turn and I have another 3 that I've had to revert back to cut due to some blank blowups :-(

Here's hoping you get them all done.

Cheers

 

[Leviblue]

Nicely done on the finished pens!
Great job on keeping up with each one. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the finished designs.

 

[Justturnin]

Wow that is amazing. You seem well organized. I would have quite the mess on my hands.

 

[GoodTurns]

that is FAR too organized and where is the challenge if you don't have to go find the parts you need next? :biggrin:

Good luck with the show!

 

[yorkie]

Thanks a lot, guys.

I'm at the fun, turning and polishing stage now. I'm an organization nutcase I'm afraid. if not, I'd be all over the place.

I have designed a spreadsheet to track my inventory of kits, blanks, tools, equipment etc. It also tracks all of my sales along with taxes to be paid on the sold pens. It has a final page which totals existing pen value, value of blanks, kits and pen inventory and every time I make a pen, I simply update the sheet and I always know everything I have and a status of pens available, plus a history.

If you want a blank copy of it, I'd be more than happy to share it with you. If I remember, I'll post it to this thread.

I'll post a picture of the finished display of pens and let y'all know how many/much I sold when done.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[yorkie]

Here's some more I made today. I have got to figure out this photography thing; these photos suck.

Photo 1 is a series of rifle pens: Jungle camo, USS North Carolina, USS North Carolina, desert camo, desert camo.

Photo 2 is a series of European pens: 1 & 2 are pen/pencil set in Cocobolo, York Gum burl, Jerusalem Olive wood, Stunning piece of Ironwood.

Photo 3 is a European pen/pencil set in Sandringham Yew (already sold the pair for $110-I know I'm not asking enough!

Photo 4 is gold letter opener using Spanish Oak from texas with Turquoise resin forced through the grain

Photo 5 is platinum letter opener using Cocobolo.

All finishes are BLO/Chestnut friction polish/Renaissance wax.

Thoughts on pricing??

 

[SteveWatson]

I dont have enough open table space in my shop to lay out two pens...let alone 35!

 

[yorkie]

This is the preview show for the art trail. I had all 67 pens on display and priced ready to be sold. Not a lot of people through the preview, expecting a lot more through the art trail but I did sell a few. It's always the ones you don't expect to sell that sell and the totally awesome pens don't...go figure.

You can see my pricing; most said too cheap. However, I'd rather sell a lot at a good price than a few at a high price. besides, it's just a hobby.

Thoughts, guys??