New to Turing pens

[khogan16]

Hi Folks, I'm new to turning and turning pens. I have been lurking around the site here, learning from the tutorials and reading all of the posts I wanted to post some pictures to see what the community thought of them, So let me know what you think. The pens are as follows: Cross Cut Paduk (pen & Pencil set), Cross Cut Canary wood , Tulipwood ( i think), Black and White Acrylic (looks like orca) This was from a tutorial on the site, you twist the nib to use it, Blue dyed box elder (the twins, both are pens), Red and orange dyed Tiger maple slim line , Orange dyed Tiger maple Panache and a close up of my favorite pen from the twins ( don't tell them that :wink: ) So let me know what you think.

 

[CSue]

Geez! Your getting off to a great start! All of your pens are quite nice. Finish looks good. And, you know, that copper kit looks really nice with the Tulipwood.

By the way, Welcome to IAP! Glad to have you here and hope you continue to learn and enjoy!

There is a thread I think you might like to read . . .
"I wish I had known this earlier"
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46654

 

[maxman400]

Great looking pens, Welcome!!

 

[leehljp]

You are off to a great start and you have some beautiful pens. Join in the fun and keep posting! WELCOME!

 

[randyrls]

WOW! That is a great selection of pens.

 

[markgum]

great job. welcome to the fun

 

[khogan16]

Hi Cathy and thank you for the lead on that thread, It has a lot of good info. When I say I just started, I mean that I have been reading about pen turning for over a year. I was buying the equipment a little at a time so I cold afford it. Then in July I finally was able to get the last of the turning tools (my gouges). Since then I have been hooked and thinking of what ways I could change the pens I make, to make them a little different. The Copper kit is really a red enameled kit. The colors of the photo are a little off but the color of the kit are pretty right on. The Tulipwood is just a bit brighter than it really is. I tried to dial it down by adding some green to it, but it just made the rock green, when I went too far.

Thanks for all the great comments folks.

Geez! Your getting off to a great start! All of your pens are quite nice. Finish looks good. And, you know, that copper kit looks really nice with the Tulipwood.

By the way, Welcome to IAP! Glad to have you here and hope you continue to learn and enjoy!

There is a thread I think you might like to read . . .
"I wish I had known this earlier"
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46654

 

[rjwolfe3]

What happened to the pictures?

 

[khogan16]

sorry

Sorry about that i looked at the pictures and didn't like them so I resized them to make them bigger.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Woot those are sweet!

 

[hilltopper46]

NIce bunch of pens. Welcome, from Wisconsin!

 

[louisbry]

You have gotten off to a great start! Nice group of pens.