King of the Losers Bracket (Pens)

[firewhatfire]

Congrats to those who won and especially to the organizers and judges. JOB WELL DONE

Well it has been a great bash and I have truly enjoyed it......I started off with a good old fashioned DQ. That's what happens when you don't read instructions and got me labeled a disturber of the peace. :wink: I tried my hand at a few trivia questions and missed out on RNG(random number generator) picking me. I will say the hardest competition I tried in was that blasted wood ID. I finally just decided I have no idea on 99.9% of the species out there.:tongue::biggrin: I had saw other folks post photos of pens after events were over and just figured I would save mine until the end. The first one is my Advance Pen entry----Elephant Ivory and Damacus in a Silver Pen Parts component set. The 2nd is my Freestyle entry the Hammer and the 3rd is my DQ'd modified pen (Sedona Stubby Stylus). Comments and Critiques are always welcome and thanks for looking.

 

[Steve Busey]

Your work is always amazing, Phil - you ARE the king of the losers! :thunder:

 

[mredburn]

I think the Hammer is one of the more interesting pens. What did you use for the woods.

 

[firewhatfire]

The handle is Mexican redheart. The head is dyed stabilized buckeye burl.

Thanks Steve, I knew you always saw my potential ;-)

 

[mredburn]

I like this picture of the Hammer Pen better than the one you submitted for the contest. But I guess the background requirements got in the way for that. Its a neat concept either way .

 

[triw51]

I also really liked your hammer pen (being a blacksmith makes me a little slanted in my opinion).

 

[firewhatfire]

I hope to sell it to black/blade smith. The meeting is 1 weekend in April

 

[Displaced Canadian]

Really liked the hammer pen. You nailed it. :wink:

 

[mredburn]

BOOOOOOOOO! :tongue: :tongue: double raspberry for that pun.

 

[firewhatfire]

I usually price pieces like this to high. That way I get to keep em.:biggrin:

Maybe I should create a unique pen post. Let everyone's be seen.

Phil