Hey guys, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mark Willey and I live near Atlanta. I am a good friend of Constant's and I have been turning pens for a little while now and Constant has been a great mentor. Very soon after starting to turn pens, I found myself looking beyond the kits that were available through our dependable suppliers so I sketched up a design and manufactured it for my own use. Through the design and manufacturing process, I found that to be what I truly enjoy, turning a few wooden blanks for pleasure every now and then.
So, I will now come out of hiding, I just didn't want to come across as a fox raiding the hen house. We are currently tweaking the design shown in the pics and will be offering the kits as an alternative to the mass produced kits from China and Taiwan. I found some of your comments fascinating, you guys have a keen eye for detail which is why I wanted to get comments on the pics before completing our tweaks to the design. We are hoping to have something ready for sale in the next 45 to 60 days...no promises there though.
As I was reading the recent threads regarding disappearing high end pen kits, I was hopeful that providing these kits will fill a growing void in our industry. And, to explain, my website does not have pics of my new pens yet. I have a new website that I have been working on but have recently decided to produce kits instead of pens. I look forward to working with you guys in the future. If you have any additional commonets with regard to the pen design, I would like to hear them, either privately or through this post. Thanks for the comments thus far.
