Saturday between chores

[its_virgil]

I made these pens between my regular Saturday chores. Enjoy, and as always, comments welcome, good, bad, or indifferent.

This pair of slimlines were made from gym flooring from the school where I taught for 32 years. The gym was destroyed by a tornado in 2004 and I salvaged some of the more figured boards from going to the dump.

This pair were made form blanks made by William Lee, aka williecue. Willie makes pool cues and awsome pens using his pool cue inlay machine. Check out his site at: http://home.stx.rr.com/n5wrx/

This cigar pen is made from mesquite burl for the friend who gave me the burl. It is making some really nice pen. Thanks grasshopper.

And last, I'll bore you with yet another rattlesnake slimline. The skin was not as dark as usual and this buckeye blank seemed to be just the match, but now I'm not sure.

Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[Gary Max]

That must of been a really clean floor--heck I can't even see the pens.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Where are the picts??

 

[TellicoTurning]

Don,
The buckeye matches fine... I'm a big fan of the buckeye burls. Great pens.

 

[its_virgil]

WOW! You guys are fast. Stupid me, I hit the post button instead of the insert image button.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by Gary Max
<br />That must of been a really clean floor--heck I can't even see the pens.

 

[gerryr]

They all look great Don. I like the inlays on the Sierras.

 

[PatrickTaylor]

Nice job on all... of the top photo, I like the band placement on the lower one better.

 

[Stevej72]

Don, very nice job on all of them. Not sure which is my favorite, but since I am starting to work with snake skin I will pick that one.

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Originally posted by its_virgil
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Check out his site at: http://home.stx.rr.com/n5wrx/
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Hi Don. Checked out WilleeCue's web site. He dose fantastic inlay/segemented pens! Lots of good ideas here! He sure sell his pens cheap with such work! At those prices I can see why he has a lot of sales.

Les in Alberta

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"What's YOUR Carbon Footprint

 

[kkwall]

Lovely bunch of pens. Like the step that you have done on the slimlines.[8D]

 

[GaryMGg]

Great batch of pens. The buckeye goes quite well with that skin.
Gary

 

[bjackman]

Don,
Great job as always.
Btw, somehow you manage to get more done in your few minutes between chores than I often get done all day.... [B)]

 

[its_virgil]

Actualy Bill, I didn't say how long I took between chores and I can't say now because of WOS (Wife Over Shoulder)[], but I think it was much longer than just a few minutes[]. I did get the yard mowed, edged, and swept up. Maybe I did that between pens! Thanks for your comments. I do appreciate all of the feedback.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by bjackman
<br />Don,
Great job as always.
Btw, somehow you manage to get more done in your few minutes between chores than I often get done all day.... [B)]

 

[neon007]

Very nice!! Even better for being done between chores.

 

[txbatons]

Nice pens. I like that you used the gym floor. I've taught at the same school for 20 years and I have made pens using wood from trees on campus and torn down buildings, etc. They make good gifts for the higher-ups (to grease the wheels []).

 

[MarkHix]

Those are really nice. I especially like the first two. Which school? I grew up in Wichita Falls.

 

[its_virgil]

Actually, I taught in Holliday for 32 years. Holliday is just outside of WF on the highway to Seymour.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by MarkHix
<br />Those are really nice. I especially like the first two. Which school? I grew up in Wichita Falls.

 

[Darley]

Don, good looking pens like the burl very well done, on your Rattler Snake slimline I would probably add a thin contrasting wood CB or pickguard just to break the colour nevertheless he look good

 

[johncrane]

Great looking pens Don! l also had a look a your mate Aka site his pens and inlaying looks awesome l was very interested in the jackhamer thread.