My First Completed Pen

[old folks]

This is a scanned pic of my first completed pen. I am really hooked now !

 

[DCBluesman]

That's a fine looking first effort, John! Welcome to the addiction.

 

[Fred in NC]

Looking good, John !!! Congrats on your first pen, and keep up the good work.

 

[PenWorks]

Congrats on your first pen John, fine job.

 

[Gary]

Heh heh...hooked are you? Welcome to the vice or whatever it is.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Good job John!!! What wood did you use??

 

[old folks]

Originally posted by Tom McMillan
<br />Good job John!!! What wood did you use??

Tom,
Rosewood from Penn State

 

[WoodChucker]

Nice job on your first one! Hang on to it, I still go back and look at my first pen. It's a good keepsake! []

 

[old folks]

Originally posted by WoodChucker
<br />Nice job on your first one! Hang on to it, I still go back and look at my first pen. It's a good keepsake! []

R T, it might sound corny but I am framing that sucker !

 

[tipusnr]

Nice job. Just retired the second pen I ever did from active use as the first one the wife lost in Kauai.

Is there something caught in the grain on the top half of the pen or is that just the graphic?

 

[JimGo]

Congratulations John! Just wait 'till you try some of the other styles. The cigar pens are, in my ever-so-humble opinion, even easier than the slimlines (you're not shaving the woood down to the thickness of a human hair). Plus, because of the diameter of the pens, they really show off the wood. Bill Baumbeck at Arizona Silhouette has some for pretty cheap; for only a few cents more than the cost of a slimline kit, you can get the cigars. Then of course there are the Baron, Jr. Gent, and other, more elegant looking styles too. I have yet to finish a Baron or Jr. Gent (brain fart on my part while making a Baron prevented me from finishing it), but they are pretty straightforward too.

Again, congratulations, and welcome to IAP!

 

[jdavis]

Great job John. Still have my first pen and it was a slimline out of Cocobolo. Just about all we thun here at school are slimlines.

 

[dougle40]

Good stuff John . Welcome to the club !!!!

 

[Fleabit]

Welcome to the IAP. Not a bad start! You will be cranking top notch in no time with that start. Nice job for your first.

 

[KKingery]

Excellent job - the first one is always special.

 

[jwoodwright]

John, great job on your first pen. Looking forward to seeing more pens...[]

 

[Gregory Huey]

Well looks like you are now a addict I mean a pen turner. Good job on #1. Put it away as you will look back on it many times.

 

[Travlr7]

Since it's all been said .................. Ditto!

Bruce

 

[Randy_]

Being from Texas, my first pen was a SL out of Mesquite. Mesquite is not the greatest wood for pens; but it is appropriate for a Texas turner. Not planning on doing anything special with it....it's in my display case of sale items with a price tag on it.....$857.99!![][][]