Pens tonight

[Fibonacci]

I got a few more put together tonight. The sierra I posted yesterday, but it was a crummy pic.

The slimlines are bocote scraps and black walnut. Unfortunately, I got the flare a bit off on the clip side of the black walnut. It is a bit undersized.

The cigar is a couple pieces of wenge that I was practicing on. I just wanted to try some shapes, so the top and bottom don't match. I also wanted to see how a filled finish looked compared to an unfilled. I can see people liking either.

The sierra is a copper resin that I got from Exotic Blanks. The pictures don't do the depth and color justice. I think I like sierra pens. I was skeptical at first, but figured it couldn't hurt to try. It feels a bit top heavy to me when it comes to writing, but I like the shape and how they go together.

Finally, my little helper is sanding with me. He loves to sand and hammer.

 

[crabcreekind]

very nice pens, are you teaching future pen turners in the last picture?

 

[Edward Cypher]

I like the sanding helper. My choice is the filled on the cigar. Nice group of pens and keep that little helper of yours.

 

[Fibonacci]

very nice pens, are you teaching future pen turners in the last picture?

He doesn't turn yet. We are actually making a toy dinosaur in that picture. We have this deal where I hold the sanding block and he rubs the wood back and forth on it.

It is very slow going, as he likes to check his work often, but it is a good time. I did lose one pen to his "enthusiastic" hammering. I didn't see that he had a hammer and he smashed a pen I had just assembled and left sitting on the table next to him.

Usually he just picks the pens up and tries to draw with them.

 

[crabcreekind]

very nice pens, are you teaching future pen turners in the last picture?

He doesn't turn yet. We are actually making a toy dinosaur in that picture. We have this deal where I hold the sanding block and he rubs the wood back and forth on it.

It is very slow going, as he likes to check his work often, but it is a good time. I did lose one pen to his "enthusiastic" hammering. I didn't see that he had a hammer and he smashed a pen I had just assembled and left sitting on the table next to him.

Usually he just picks the pens up and tries to draw with them.

Hopefully the pen wasnt a very expensive blank or kit.

 

[Fibonacci]

It was a purpleheart/maple segmented slimline I had made for my wife. She was amused, at least. Now I am waiting for the replacement to turn purple so I can put a finish on it.