Pens for Curtiss Aircraft Museum

[JerrySambrook]

The light pens are made from Ash that was removed from a 1911 Curtiss America during restoration.
The darker pens are from fir from a 1927 Curtiss Fledgling during restoration.
The Tail numbers werre lasered on by a good friend (Thanks Charlie!)
The pens are going to the aircraft museum as a donation to help them generate some revenue.

 

[boxerman]

Wow very cool pens.

 

[Rangertrek]

Hard to beat pens with a good story!
Nice job on those.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Awesome pens and a great story behind them.

 

[Lenny]

Very nice Jerry!

Seems to me you are often making pens for good causes.

 

[ed4copies]

Great looking pens, Jerry!!

If the museum can display them with a picture of the plane behind them, price will go up significantly!!

YOUR job is done, now let's hope Curtiss Museum capitalizes appropriately!!:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[alphageek]

Nice pens! I like the idea of the tail #. Hopefully they can tie it in with a personal story about the planes. Curtis planes have been a key part of american history both in active battles and in training our military.

Its all about selling! I hope that your contact at the museum is a good marketer... Get a picture of the pen WITH the restored plane - I'll bet that would be a great tie in and the back could be used for the info.

Keep it up!

 

[ToddMR]

Cool way to help them make some money. I like the pens and the kit. Is it just me, or does the top near the cb look proud of the cb? Might be the picture I am not sure at all. Not taking away at all from how good they look, for sure they look good.

 

[PR_Princess]

Way Cool!

Very, very nice pens Jerry!!! And a very generous gesture on your part too. It must have been a thrill to work with these pieces of aviation history, and I am sure that these will bring more than a pretty penny into the museum!!!

For those that are interested, here is a link to the Curtiss Museum's site.
http://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/



But now I really have to talk to Charlie!!... I thought that his laser was only allowed engrave the registration # NCC1701! :wink::biggrin:

 

[JerrySambrook]

Sorry Dawn, but these are HISTORY, not FUTURE items :biggrin:

 

[alphageek]

Sorry Dawn, but these are HISTORY, not FUTURE items :biggrin:

<rimshot>

What kind of finish on them Jerry? What would be a really cool 'bonus' is if you could do a historically accurate finish (but I'm betting a modern finish would hold up better on a pen).

 

[JerrySambrook]

I used Turner's Magic on them.
It is th lacquer based finish.

I never thought of using original varnish, but that might be a good thing to try
Thanks for the idea

 

[wizard]

Beautiful pens! Great idea.You are a special and generous individual ! The pens will will definitely bring a great price and help the Museum. Doc