Pretty Wood Pen Voting: Round 1

[Brian G]

Pen 40

Black Ash Burl on a Black Titanium and Platinum Cigar

 

[Brian G]

Whew! That's 40 pretty wood pens.

I apologize to the entrants for shortening the stories about the pens. I decided to stick with the description to the wood and kit (if identified).

Good luck everyone, and thank you for entering.

 

[stonepecker]

And you expect me to only pick 5?

Not asking the impossible are you Brian?

 

[Brian G]

You can do it, Wayne!

Voting is open. I couldn't edit the first post in the thread. SuperMike is on call to take care of that.

 

[Brian G]

SuperMike just let me know that ANOTHER random draw prize has been added. It's a $25 gift card from Signature Pen Supply. Thanks Signature Pen Supply!

 

[gotitjr]

some extremely pretty pens!! though competition. good work guys

 

[JohnU]

wow! that's a lot of nice pens. Hard to narrow it down to just 5. Good Luck Guys!

 

[jcm71]

WOW!!! These are all beautiful. No way not to second guess yourself after you vote.

 

[mark james]

Sheesh these are some wonderful pens! I narrowed it down to 23.

 

[jttheclockman]

Mother Nature sure made things tough. I got it to 10. Will come back a few times during the day.

 

[keithncsu]

Dang just saw the pick 5 statement. Only picked 3. Not that it wouldve been much more help haha!!

 

[bedangerous]

Now that is a lot of pretty wood pens. Beautiful work.

 

[budnder]

Wow, to my eye it's like 6 way tie for "best", and maybe even a 10 way tie. I think in the final round last year, only a single vote decided between #1 and #2... I bet in the final round this year we only have a couple of votes difference between #1 and #6. Congrats to everyone who entered - an amazing body of work.

 

[stonepecker]

There has to be at least two run-offs.........no way you can narrow this down with one round. There are just to many beautiful pieces of "mother nature" here. They are all winners to someone. The entries make it hard to pick but it also give me a chance to look at some very new pens.

 

[AKPenTurner]

That was ridiculously hard. I sincerely apologize to everyone I didn't vote for.

 

[magpens]

Too bad a prize can't be awarded to each and every one of them !!!!

In addition to admiring the beauty of each, I am inspired to try some new turning styles, materials, and kits .

 

[Skie_M]

Well ... I picked 5 to vote for ....


And then I realized that I forgot to vote for myself! >.<

 

[Jim15]

That's as hard a choice as I've had to make today. They are all worthy of a prize.

 

[stonepecker]

This was the hardest contest to vote on for me.
There are at least a dozen here that deserve top prize.

I look forward to round 2

 

[Brian G]

Keep up the voting, everyone. I know it's tough to choose 5 from the 40 fantastic pens.

 

[Brian G]

You're all doing great. Please get your votes in before round 1 closes Thursday morning.

I won't be able to get Round 2 posted until Thursday evening. Then the anxiety can start all over again, only amplified!

 

[Brian G]

Last call for votes.

Hi Curt. :biggrin:

 

[Brian G]

Okay, round one is done. Thank you for taking time to vote. I won't have Round 2 ready for voting until tonight.

Remember that all entrants that do not finish in the final 3 are still eligible to win a random draw prize.