Ugly Pen Contest - POST ENTRIES HERE!
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Papabear
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I tried to make a pen for my sister without a closed end mandrel. I call it the Milk Bottle Pen. She has MS so it had to be HUGE as she can't close her hand very much. Its a slimline kit. Its a bit over 3/4" around and almost 6" long. I'd say it's definetly in the ugly category
johncrane
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now thasts ugly Troy 
DocStram
Member
Does your sister know that HER pen has been nominated for the Ugly Pen Contest??
Papabear
Member
absolutely not, and I'm not telling her either LOL.
I was so ticked when it came out off center.
I was so ticked when it came out off center.
M
Mudder
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When a pen is that big I don't think you should use the term "slim"
Scott
Member
Man! That IS a contender! I do like the stylish "gripping finial" on the closed end! That almost puts this in the category of "dangerous weapon" doesn't it? [8D]
Scott.
Scott.
OKLAHOMAN
Member
Troy when I 1st. saw it I thought it was a rolling pin
Papabear
Member
well, my sister can barely close her hand and I thought you know there have to be others like her, so I thought I would try it for an xmas present and if it worked well make a little niche' for myself. But alas I still have to perfect the technique. The good news is she says its a perfect fit! Very easy to write with and she said she knew the minute she saw it why I made it the way I did.
Scott
Member
Hey Steven! Is that your "Ugly" pen? I think it's BEAUTIFUL! . . . (Not!) [}]
Ahhh, I can already feel all dignity slipping downhill in this contest!
Scott.
]Ahhh, I can already feel all dignity slipping downhill in this contest!
Scott.
gerryr
Member
Where's that pickle pen?????????????[]
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Blind_Squirrel
Member
I need clairification on the rules. Do I have to be the maker/creater of the pen?
wood-of-1kind
Member
Here's my entry into the PENUGLY WALL of SHAME. It displays all the features that I've been trying to avoid when crafting a pen. The list is endless but here goes...
1. scratched plating on nib, guess that Vicegrips should not be used as a 'gentle' removal tool
2. mismatched grain orientation. Horizontal lines on one half and solid vertical grain on the other half. Guys if you dress like I've dressed this pen, get help,NOW. Sorry, but even the finest tailor can not help with this poor styling
3 centreband blew out and was 'out of round' to begin with. I've tried adding a belt to the midsection but it doesn't help. Perhaps suspenders may do the trick
4 clip is a leftover from another <s>'dead specie'</s>pen. Don't ask, it just died in another life, OK.
5 Pen writes but has a tendency to <s>hick-up </s>er, I mean skip
I can usually come up with some redeeming qualities as to why I should keep a pen but this one has me stumped. I'm burying this one in the abyss in the hope of allowing 'it' to escape the annals (no not anal) although come to think of it, it, it does smell funny. No Docstram did not give me any of his 'stinky' wood for this pen. Seems that he gave it all away to Skye. Yah, sky, that's the ticket, throw 'it' in the sky and may it never land on earth again. May my pen soul be forgiven for creating such an ugly abortion.
-Peter-
1. scratched plating on nib, guess that Vicegrips should not be used as a 'gentle' removal tool
2. mismatched grain orientation. Horizontal lines on one half and solid vertical grain on the other half. Guys if you dress like I've dressed this pen, get help,NOW. Sorry, but even the finest tailor can not help with this poor styling
3 centreband blew out and was 'out of round' to begin with. I've tried adding a belt to the midsection but it doesn't help. Perhaps suspenders may do the trick
4 clip is a leftover from another <s>'dead specie'</s>pen. Don't ask, it just died in another life, OK.
5 Pen writes but has a tendency to <s>hick-up </s>er, I mean skip
I can usually come up with some redeeming qualities as to why I should keep a pen but this one has me stumped. I'm burying this one in the abyss in the hope of allowing 'it' to escape the annals (no not anal) although come to think of it, it, it does smell funny. No Docstram did not give me any of his 'stinky' wood for this pen. Seems that he gave it all away to Skye. Yah, sky, that's the ticket, throw 'it' in the sky and may it never land on earth again. May my pen soul be forgiven for creating such an ugly abortion.
-Peter-
jtate
Member
When's the deadline for entry?
I gotta make some photographs!
Julia
I gotta make some photographs!
Julia
gerryr
Member
Geez. You call these ugly? I need to go through my reject box. Or am I not allowed to enter?
Scott
Member
Ooohhh, Peter! That is nasty! I think you're in the running!
Scott - Do you need to be the creator/maker of the pen? What? Are you ashamed or something? [8D] Yes, this should be a pen you made, or at least had a major part in "creating" it. Say, for instance, you make a "Mold" pen - well, you may not actually have made the mold, but you should at least be responsible for assembling it!
Julia - I think I set the deadline at Midnight (Eastern) on January 28th, with winners announced on the 31st. Here's a link to the rules:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20617
Scott.
Scott - Do you need to be the creator/maker of the pen? What? Are you ashamed or something? [8D] Yes, this should be a pen you made, or at least had a major part in "creating" it. Say, for instance, you make a "Mold" pen - well, you may not actually have made the mold, but you should at least be responsible for assembling it!
Julia - I think I set the deadline at Midnight (Eastern) on January 28th, with winners announced on the 31st. Here's a link to the rules:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20617
Scott.
Blind_Squirrel
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I didn't make this one, but I think it is fugly!
Rojo22
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Man, I think you could add a leather strap to this thing and use it as a personal protection device....Sorta like a nightstick/pen combo.....It would go over big in the law enforcement community....
Jim in Oakville
Member
Okay,
Here it is, the pen that I look at and cringe and say "What was I Thinking??"
It's a slim line I made 7 years ago.. At the time I thought "More was better"...so I took a purple acrylic blank and bonded a semi transparent shirt button to it, drilled it and some how cracked the acrylic, you can still see and "Feel" the crack and even the 120 grit sanding marks are still winess to my great skills left on the purple top.[:0]
Then for the WOW appeal I took a piece of speckled Corion (ohhhh Corion) and attached a bit of cocobolo to it, notice the clean glue joint and seepage....and wow, hold your breath, how about that hardware fit!![:0][:0][:0]
This was my first Band-less slim line....the swerve curvy top combined with the ergonomic pen body and 4 part combinations always makes me think to myself, I should just throw it out!
Okay, I finally posted it....I have to go and take a shower....I Feel so Dirty....UGH!!![)][)][)]
Here it is, the pen that I look at and cringe and say "What was I Thinking??"
It's a slim line I made 7 years ago.. At the time I thought "More was better"...so I took a purple acrylic blank and bonded a semi transparent shirt button to it, drilled it and some how cracked the acrylic, you can still see and "Feel" the crack and even the 120 grit sanding marks are still winess to my great skills left on the purple top.[:0]
Then for the WOW appeal I took a piece of speckled Corion (ohhhh Corion) and attached a bit of cocobolo to it, notice the clean glue joint and seepage....and wow, hold your breath, how about that hardware fit!![:0][:0][:0]
This was my first Band-less slim line....the swerve curvy top combined with the ergonomic pen body and 4 part combinations always makes me think to myself, I should just throw it out!
Okay, I finally posted it....I have to go and take a shower....I Feel so Dirty....UGH!!![
)][)][)]Penmonkey
Member
Gosh Jim! That is gross!
Paul in OKC
Member
And to think, you even kept it[:0]
Scott
Member
Man, that's what I was thinking! You kept it! It just really screams at you, doesn't it? [
]Scott - if that pen is THAT ugly, we may have to see a picture of it, even if it doesn't qualify as YOUR entry! You wouldn't want to enter it for the person that DID make it, would you? [B)]
Has everybody noticed that we have PRIZES posted for this contest now??? Real prizes!!! We got to thinking "What would be an appropriate prize for an Ugly Pen Contest?" Well, some basic penturning instructional material, of course! [8D] Maybe then we could cure that Ugly Pen Habit for those who win!
Come on everybody! We've had some great entries so far, but I know you can do worse! Go out to your shop and drop something on the floor, or better, scrape something up off the floor, and make a pen! Unless you're like Jim and you keep your hideous mistakes forever!
Scott.
Jim in Oakville
Member
Admitting I made it Scott is making me feel like I am on the road to recovery.........[)]
Man that pen sucks eh!!!!!
To think I looked at it as a potential for PITH....NOT!!!!
)]Man that pen sucks eh!!!!!
To think I looked at it as a potential for PITH....NOT!!!!
OK....I have chosen the below pen and stand out of the multitudes for one of my ugly pen contest entries.
It will look familiar to some but rest assured it is not stabilized dog droppings!
I'll have a second for consideration when I can get some pictures.[)]
It will look familiar to some but rest assured it is not stabilized dog droppings!
I'll have a second for consideration when I can get some pictures.[
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OKLAHOMAN
Member
Are you sure???
Originally posted by Ron Mc
rest assured it is not stabilized dog droppings!
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Nolan
Member
Old ugly one that sold right away
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gerryr
Member
Nolan,
What were you thinking when you made that? Or should I ask what had you been smoking just before making that?
What were you thinking when you made that? Or should I ask what had you been smoking just before making that?
alamocdc
Member
Closed end snap cap fountain pen. Looks nothing like what I had in my head. Couldn't even bear to show it to customers.
Oops, hit the wrong button and didn't get the photo in.
Oops, hit the wrong button and didn't get the photo in.
gerryr
Member
Boy, that is really an ugly end. I think you might be a contender with that. Kinda strange looking wood too.
I think you might be a contender with that. Kinda strange looking wood too.
DocStram
Member
Oppps!
Snazzypens
Member
Here is my ugly pen.
bye Toni
bye Toni
bnoles
Member
OMG.... Toni
This contest may already be over
This contest may already be over
Firefyter-emt
Member
Ok, some may not think it's ugly, but it's pushing the edge still the same. I will let the masses and judges decide if the oddness of this truly put's it into the running.
You see today I recieved my dip pen nib & holders from the group buy and then I just had this eggcelent thought!!
So I present to you, my eggcelent creation!!
Oh and yes, the nib does stay on the pen while in the holder and it does write. Rather well given the... ummmm, shape! well.. it's not a pickle!
You see today I recieved my dip pen nib & holders from the group buy and then I just had this eggcelent thought!!
So I present to you, my eggcelent creation!!
Oh and yes, the nib does stay on the pen while in the holder and it does write. Rather well given the... ummmm, shape!
well.. it's not a pickle!
chigdon
Member
Wow Toni, that is really 'something'. I am sorry but I can hardly type due to me laughing over the feather on Toni's pen and Lee's "egg-cellent" pen. The egg pen is a cool idea in a way but the picture is killing me.
Snazzypens
Member
Well that a long story there was a joke put out that they wanted a pen with two beads, a captive ring, zebra and a feather on a bread roll, something fat and something thin. That was the creation of it..LOL
Toni
wudwrkr
Member
Here's my first entry into the ugly pen contest:
Front side
Back side
First off, I think the black clip alone makes it the ugliest pen! Of course, my wife thinks it's cute so I promised to give it to her on our Anniversary. [:0]
Front side
Back side
First off, I think the black clip alone makes it the ugliest pen! Of course, my wife thinks it's cute so I promised to give it to her on our Anniversary. [:0]
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PenWorks
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Mike I must eggree with you.....that is ....
EGGstreamly EGGly
I was going to enter, but I can see by the entries,
this is some pretty stiff competion I would be up against [xx(]
EGGstreamly EGGly
I was going to enter, but I can see by the entries,
this is some pretty stiff competion I would be up against [xx(]
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