New project

[mb757]

Playing with a Gisi(ish) style pen blank, started off simple enough made of walnut, white oak, padauk and maple. I didn't want to waste an expensive kit on an experiment, so built it on a simple cigar kit in titanium. I like the way it turned out and will do the other blanks I have left over on some better kits.

 

[magpens]

Very nicely done !!!

 

[Jim15]

Awesome work.

 

[Woodchipper]

Nice pattern on the segmenting of the blank. Got that on my to-do list.

 

[MRDucks2]

I like that.


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[Bryguy]

Very nice looking pen!

 

[magpens]

How do you cut the perfect "V" in the block at the top end of your blank ?

I cannot see any join in that piece, although I can in the smaller V-ed pieces.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Beautiful. No need to underestimate your skills. Go for a high end kit next time.

 

[SpecialV4213]

I just watched rjb on YouTube turned one very similar. So beautiful.


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[mark james]

I have never done any of this design.

But... I have viewed, many, many, many of this design - and yours is MUCH more precise than others that are thought to be "well done."

Ya dun well!!!

Very NICE!

 

[OZturner]

A Very Attractive Pen.
Superb Choice of Materials, Pattern and Segmenting.
Beautifully and Precisely Applied as a Blank.
Outstanding Accuracy, Fit and Finish.
Congratulations.
Brian.

 

[mb757]

How do you cut the perfect "V" in the block at the top end of your blank ?

I cannot see any join in that piece, although I can in the smaller V-ed pieces.

I just used the table saw, careful to adjust the depth to only go 1/2 way through. I did use a much wider piece and cut off the v-block when done.

 

[magpens]

Thank you.

You made a beautiful job !! . Very well done !!

 

[ajollydds]

Great craftsmanship, fabulous job.

 

[fernhills]

Great looking pen. The ones i am going to do coming up soon will be using the band saw and disk sander, and see how it goes. carl

 

[jeff]

A nice addition to the front page :biggrin:

 

[mb757]

A nice addition to the front page :biggrin:

Thank you Jeff, very unexpected.

 

[ReverendThom]

This is awesome!

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[mark james]

I have commented previously, but wanted to add: You did not want to sacrifice a good kit for an experiment... But most observers (IMO) would say you sacrificed an expensive blank for a common kit (but, there is nothing wrong with the cigar kit!). Your blank and finished pen is wonderful!

Congrats on the front page - well deserved. This kind of segmenting is feasible, very rewarding, but daunting; you executed very well.

 

[magpens]

Congratulations on your front page appearance, MB !!!!

 

[Rolandranch]

Very nice job! The pen looks great and the joints are very precise. Great color combination as well. The photo is a bit dark and off-white... easy to fix with a photo editor (before and after pics attached below). I see your latest photos are looking much better. Keep up the great work and congrats on the front page!

 

[gtriever]

Front page! Well deserved!

 

[ramaroodle]

Very nice and very "crisp" lines. What glue did you use on the segments? What would you call a "nicer" kit?

 

[jttheclockman]

That did come out very well. Nice segmenting. Lets see what you come up with next. Welcome to world of segmenting.

My Home Page still has candy wrapers.

 

[mark james]

It will not appear on the home page... because this is a 2 yr old post.

 

[jttheclockman]

It will not appear on the home page... because this is a 2 yr old post.

Man I have to start looking at these dates people bring up posts.

 

[ramaroodle]

Man I have to start looking at these dates people bring up posts.

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