Thanks everybody!
I have decided that my best work yet deserves individual responses for all that are kind enough to comment!!! so here goes! Just "ctrl F" your name for your very own personal response! And thanks again for checking my pen out!
Dion: Thank you! The CB was probably my favorite part to make. Quite a challenge for me.
Jim: Thank You Sir! I am trying to keep up!
Ken: That is a HUGE Compliment! I still have a long way to go but i will get there!
Glenn: WORD! (Thank you!)
Cav: Thank you for the Ovation!
Brian: Thank you very much!
Spock... er... uh... Alex: Thanks!
Jeff: Thank you! I am indeed proud!
Mark: Thank you! It was a very fun project!
John: Thanks! And I agree. I was worried it would be to much but i think it adds a nice touch.
Todd: Thanks my friend! I had to do something after pouring all those Kentucky and Indiana blanks.... (GO POKES... sorry, couldn't help it!!)
Jeff: When i went to the meeting i mentioned earleir, I hadnt yet learned of your amazing skill. You are one of my inspirations as well.. There are quite a few people here that i really look up to.
Roy: Thank You Sir! I was hoping to get a post from you! I know you don't just throw the compliments around so any compliment would be earned! WOOHOO I DID IT!
Mike: Thank you! I thought about matching the finial to the post but for some reason decided at the last minute to do it this way. I can always go back and do another one, allthough i doubt i will. It is definately in my mind for next time if i dont change this one.
Gary: Thank you! WOW is how i feel! Naturally i want people to flip out over my work but until now, it has never happened! I have gotten close a couple of times, but yours is my first totally excited response. That is how i felt when i saw all the pieces that led to me doing this one. totally flipped out. Thank you for the excitement! Your post made my day!
I named it "The Sickness" because that is what it represents. All of the nights I lay in bed, My mind racing... Pens have all but taken over my mental spare time. I used to think about exotic women, now i think about exotic wood. I have goals for my pen making, and they have absolutely nothing to do with "fame" or fortune. They are all based on my skill level. I want to be among the Masters. I want to earn my spot as a talented pen maker. When I started turning, everyone said "Welcome to the vortex." Well for me, turning is a vortex, and penmaking is the sickness at the heart of that vortex. This pen is the culmination (sp) of my sickness.
Brian: I didnt enter it in the freestyle contest because I have no idea what the freestyle contest is. I tried to keep up with all that goes on around here and decided it was beyond my ability. I am lucky to be able to post pics and replies!! Thanks for thinking that it is worthy of entering in anything!! That is totally awesome! lol...
Mike: Thank You! I try!
Karin: Thank You! It is mixed emotions for me. I am happy that it is better than anything I have done, but i am sad knowing what it could be. Allthough i will never quit learning, surely the curve has to at least slow down some at some point. I have learned so much, so fast, my brain is going to melt!
Steve: Thanks! The name will more than likely just be a private thing. When someone decides to buy it, They can call it whatever they want.
Jim: Thank you Sir!
