The pen is mightier than the pipe

[DaveO]

Or at least the desire to turn a pen is. I had several pipe briar (root burl of the White Heath plant) plateaux pieces that I had all intentions of making into tobacco pipes. But I looked at them today and thought that they would make a good pen. I think it turned out nicely. PSI satin nickle slimline with CA finish

flipped, same pen

They are resting on the raw stock, I think it make a nice support and may use it for other photography.
Critiques welcome, please.

Dave

 

[Penmonkey]

That is a beautiful pen Dave. The only thing that I would have done different is use a platinum kit instead of a satin nickle but that is a matter of taste. I like the shiny look on pens.

BTW: Great picture!

 

[gerryr]

I've been thinking about getting some of that stuff for pens. Very nice looking wood. Nice pens too. Is there a lot of waste making pen from the pieces?

 

[Pipes]

Nice hunk a briar I have done a few its nice wood to work with and you see the results GREAT pen IMHO []

 

[DaveO]

Originally posted by gerryr
<br />I've been thinking about getting some of that stuff for pens. Very nice looking wood. Nice pens too. Is there a lot of waste making pen from the pieces?

I was able to get two blanks out of the one plateaux, and it is resting on the "waste". It really turns well, and if you get plateauxs they are very solid because they are the the top selections, the rest get cut into ebauchons that remove any bad material but result in smaller pieces (prolly not ususable for pen blanks).
Dave[]

 

[DaveO]

Pipes, I was hoping that you would see this post. I know that you can appreciate the material.
Thanks for the comments y'all[]

Dave[]

 

[LEAP]

Sweet, thats a beautiful pen, love the richness of the wood. I got a piece of briar in an EBAY lot that took a little creative cutting to get a pen out of and its turned into "my" pen. It was about the 9-10th pen I turned and the first one I was really happy with. I've been looking for more ever since.
Phil

 

[airrat]

Looks great Dave.

I would not post it on any pipe forums you might get hate mail. [)]

 

[pete00]

i think it turned out nicely as well.......[]

 

[reef12]

Nice design good job need to try that[]

 

[bob393]

I love the wood but that pen will be hard to smoke.

 

[Jim15]

Great pen and wood, nice work.

 

[johncrane]

Nice one DAVE! your finish and photos are excellent.[]

 

[DaveO]

Originally posted by johncrane
<br />Nice one DAVE! your finish and photos are excellent.[]

Thank-you very much. My wife would be very happy to hear that, at least the photo part, as she got me a photo booth for Christmas, it has made a huge improvement in the quality of my pictures.
Thanks, Dave[]

 

[stevers]

Very nice, love the wood.