A Pen and a couple of Pencils

[RMckin5324]

I did these over the past couple of days. the first is a Sierra with Spalted Hackberry, my first decent CA finish. the second is a Designer twist Pencil in a White & Black Lava, and the last two pictures are the same pencil another Designer Twist Pencil in Molten Metal. The Molten metal is pretty chippy but so beautiful, a piece chipped off at the end of course that I couldn't fix so I cut it back and used one of those rubber grips I've saved from a comfort pen and it works. Both of the pencils are for two of my kids who wanted me to make them a pencil, like most of you I'm sure, my kids carry some pretty nice pens........lol :biggrin:

 

[paps]

Great bunch there...especially the molten metal!

 

[G1Pens]

Nice set. I like the Designer/European line. Cutting the tenons always make me nervous, but its really not too bad. I have a couple molten metal blanks. I think I need to use one. I like yours.

 

[KDM]

These pens are beauties!

Nice set. I like the Designer/European line.

Me too. I've never seen a designer pencil before, though. Where'd you source them?

Cutting the tenons always make me nervous, but its really not too bad.

Inside the cent ring, at the nib end, is there a small tenon (maybe only 1/32" deep)? I like to cut the lower half of my pen bigger than this inside of teh cent ring, then cut a tiny tenon in the pen to key into this. It makes it very hard to tell which part of the pen has the cent ring attached.

 

[Rangertrek]

I like the molten metal, I have made several pens using this material and actually have two on order for the same.
Also like the lava.

 

[scrollsawwoodart]

Those look great.

 

[kludge77]

Designer twist Pencil has interesting scale to it.

Is that a tweaked kit?

 

[RMckin5324]

Yes, the designer twist Pencil is tweaked, its a standard PSI kit but the original barrel cracked and chipped so I cut it back and I used a saved rubber grip to fix it. It works, my son thinks its special so its a win win situation.

 

[boxerman]

Very nice group of pens.