My VERY FIRST PEN EVER!!! Thanks to Daniel.

[Ben]

Hi everyone, I'd like to preface this post by saying that I am Still glowing; the only thing I have to be sad about right now is that I'm not making another one as we speak! I don't have my equipment yet, and so DanieL Yourdon of www.Yourdonspens.com. has been kind enough to guide me along the " path of the pen" and even let me use his equipment. To him I am ever thankful.

Below is a pic. of my very first pen! It is a Cigar Kit from Ryan @ Woodturningz in Black Chrome for the centerband and clip and Platinum (that I Frankensteined off of a cigar pen that I had bought previously), for both ends. I gues you could call it Black Chrome Platinum! The wood is a piece of Lilac root burl that had simply lay dead in my front yard for the past three years. That is until I recently yanked it out and had it cut up! The finish is CA , micro mesh and HUT friction polish. I couldn't be happier for my first pen!


I AM HOOKED! If anybody who buys me Christmas or Birthday presents is reading this, you can always get me, oh say, i dunno' a lathe, or a drill press(with at least 3" of travel), band saw, table saw, or grinder maybe... Look what you can do with that kind of equip! That's all I have to say about that...

Thanks for being such a great group to be a part of!


Ben

bchavez@unr.edu

 

[driften]

Yea I know what you are saying! I was the way with my first pens.... its hard to keep your feet on the ground after making something so nice! Your first pen sure came out better then my first one.

 

[DCBluesman]

Cigar, mixed kits and a burl all in a first pen? That's a lot gutsier than I was...and with a much better result. Great piece, Ben! Hold onto this one. There's nothing like your first. Congrats!

 

[PenWorks]

Congrats on being hooked! Very nice first pen Ben.

 

[WoodChucker]

Very nice pen and I really like the wood.

 

[tipusnr]

NIce job. I enjoyed seeing it.

 

[Ligget]

Well done Ben, it`s a cracker of a first pen!

 

[pastorbill1952]

Good work Ben. It took me along time to get to Cigars but I really like them. Good looking wood and it was just laying there waithin on somone to show its inner beauty.

 

[darbytee]

Great looking pen Ben, especially for your first. I don't think anything lined up correctly on my first one and it sure wasn't as adventurous as a cigar pen.

 

[JimGo]

Wow, congratulations Ben! GREAT job!

 

[dougle40]

Very nice Ben . You did yourself proud for your first attempt.

 

[rtjw]

Great Looking first pen. I wish mine would have been that nice.

 

[Gary]

Congrats...very nice pen!

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Boy! You jumped in with both feet! My first was a slimline, very plain and not near as nice. You are to be proud of that pen Ben!

 

[jdavis]

Nice first one.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Beautiful pen Ben!! Nice work---hope you get lotsa gifts for turning soon!!!!

 

[opfoto]

Great Job for your first pen.

BTW, Is Daniel all right after the hug you gave him?

 

[Leather Man]

Great looking pen Ben. Good finish too. They will keep getting better and better and better until you have so many nice pens you won't know what to do with them all. Great job.
Ben

 

[Fleabit]

**Clapping wildly*** Very nicely done on the first pen! And welcome to a new, time consuming addiction! I would hold on to that first pen and show it proudly. Great job!