chigdon
Member
I just got back from our club's annual symposium and Rex Burningham from Craft Supply was one of our featured turners. He did a session on pen turning and had examples of some new kits and blanks that will be coming out in the next month or two.
The first one is a collectors addition that they are only making 500 of. It is called the Emporor's Pen. It is large and looks like an all metal Ligero the size of a Gentleman's Pen. It has an 18k gold 2 tone nib (that makes it pricey). I think they may offer that for the Statesman as well. It is going to come out at around $130 range which will limit the number I will buy significantly but I thought it was something the group would want to hear about.
The other one (I don't know the name of) looks like a flared solid body with out a clip. It is a great design in my opinion and should be a little easier to swallow price wise.
They also have some new pen blanks like bamboo and stabilized redwood bark (100% bark). I was able to buy his one example of the redwood bark blank and will post a pic after turning it.
This is NOT an add for Craft Supply -- I wish I was making money writing this. I just wanted to share the news of what I saw.
The first one is a collectors addition that they are only making 500 of. It is called the Emporor's Pen. It is large and looks like an all metal Ligero the size of a Gentleman's Pen. It has an 18k gold 2 tone nib (that makes it pricey). I think they may offer that for the Statesman as well. It is going to come out at around $130 range which will limit the number I will buy significantly but I thought it was something the group would want to hear about.
The other one (I don't know the name of) looks like a flared solid body with out a clip. It is a great design in my opinion and should be a little easier to swallow price wise.
They also have some new pen blanks like bamboo and stabilized redwood bark (100% bark). I was able to buy his one example of the redwood bark blank and will post a pic after turning it.
This is NOT an add for Craft Supply -- I wish I was making money writing this. I just wanted to share the news of what I saw.
