August 2013 PITH Photos

[mbroberg]

Once you receive your pen from the August PITH, please post a photo of it here.

 

[John Smith]

from plant man

I received this from Jim last week. Sorry about taking so long to post. Pen is an Artisan Executive fountain pen in 24k gold. Wrapped in Australian brown mallee burl. Pen looks great, and is my first fountain pen. Also in the box, a bunch of blanks. Gotta love that kind of packing material. Thanks alot Jim

 

[TLTHW]

Received this fantastic pen from pwhay yesterday. WOW! He even sent some brothers along so it wouldn't get home sick.



Thanks Peter

 

[jsolie]

I received this beautiful Aero pen in hot desert Ironwood from Doug aka "alankulwicki7"

I really like how the sapwood contrasts with the heartwood on this pen.

Doug also jammed the box with wood! I think there were 11 blanks in with the pen.

Doug, thank you very much for this gorgeous pen and all the blanks. I hope that I'm able to do as nice a job with those blanks as you did on that pen.

Thank you, too, mbroberg for running this month's PITH

 

[PenPal]

Pen and blanks sent to David Redburn on the 14th of August waited for him to post till he received a few days ago he can post blank pic here is his smoking Brown Mallee Burl.

He received it well.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[jsolie]

I received this beautiful [strike]Aero[/strike] Le Roi pen in hot desert Ironwood from Doug aka "alankulwicki7"

I mis-ID'd the pen :redface: It's a Le Roi

 

[Ambidex]

pith

I received my pith pen from John (aka juteck) and it's a beautiful double-dyed buckeye burl on a mesa ( I think) with a very nice fit and finish! My pictures don't do it justice as it looks like a burning ember from a fire...and some real nice blanks to boot! Thanks very much John!!:biggrin:

 

[evan bahr]

This is the pen sent to me by David Redburn (TLTHW). It is made with flame boxelder burl. The pen is very nice and the pen blanks are an added bonus! Thanks David! Evan Bahr

 

[evan bahr]

Teaser for Joe S. August PITH

I thought I would post a teaser for Joe S's August PITH!

 

[jyreene]

I thought I would post a teaser for Joe S's August PITH!

I think you turned on the wrong filter!:wink:

 

[Joe S.]

It looks a little more like this: :biggrin:

Awesome pen and awesome burls!


I'm sending mine off later today.

 

[alankulwicki7]

Here is the pen I received last week from Waluy (Steve Beavers). It's a Chrome Wall Street III with a Lava Bright Red with White Swirl blank. The brass tube was swapped out for a silver tube.
Steve did a great job with the pen. My 12yo daughter was standing next to me when I opened the package and she is now holding the pen for ransom! I hope to get it back some day .

Thanks, Steve!

 

[glenspens]

Got my pen from Harley 2001 and some blank as well. its a metro pen with a chameleon blank...it changes colors in the light Sweet pen thanks harley2001:usflag:

 

[Joe S.]

He gave me one of those chameleon blanks in one of the recent PITHs. Still need to use it though.

 

[healeydays]

another beautiful creation

Phil (mpmopc) sent me this beautiful Baron. Nice pen Phil. Definitely going in the collection of keepers...

Mike B

 

[Harley2001]

Got mine today and Buzzzz4 out done his self and all the blanks are great not only a great desk pen he sent a small bullet pen thanks Eric

You did a outstanding job on the desk pen

 

[healeydays]

Wow, Buzzzz beautiful work on the pen set and you trying to empty out the back room of blanks?

 

[Buzzzz4]

Yes, it was fun. I will put together a bit of a description in creating it. As for the blanks, I had to use such a large box that I needed to package it well. What better packaging than blanks?

 

[Harley2001]

Here's a other pic of the desk pen that buzzzz 4 did for the pith.

 

[SteveJ]

Here is the pen made for me by Bret Wortman. It has a WTF finish which feels real nice. Don't know what the component set is. He says it was his first segmented pen. Thanks Bret.

Steve

 

[wortmanb]

Don't know what the component set is.

Black Ti Jr. Gent II from Exotic Blanks.

 

[JustmeinMS]

Received my pen from Greg (greggas) a couple of days ago and I finally got the chance to post my pic. It is a Church Hill FP with a Harley Davidson looking flame motive. Greg also used some great goodies to fill the box space. :biggrin:

 

[jyreene]

Just got mine from SMJ1957. Once my kids go to bed ill fire up my laptop and post the photos and the story. Awesome pen.

 

[mpmopc]

August Pith

Got a great fountain pen and pen blanks from LagniappeRob.
Thanks Rob
Phil

 

[JH Customs]

Here is the red hot pen I received from John smith for this swap. I also received a bunch of nice blanks as well. I love these pen swaps. Haven't been disappointed yet!

 

[Stuarta]

Once you receive your pen from the August PITH, please post a photo of it here.[/





How does one get in on the fun here?

 

[Joe S.]

Once you receive your pen from the August PITH, please post a photo of it here.[/





How does one get in on the fun here?

Sign-up for September PITH is here: http://www.penturners.org/forum/f70/sign-up-thread-sept-pith-114231/ you need to post a teaser picture of your pen to sign up.

 

[Joe S.]

Have a look at the basic rules here: http://www.penturners.org/forum/f70/iap-activity-rules-rev-7-1-13-a-112245/

 

[Waluy]

Received my pen from Joe S. a few days back and it looks great. Finally got around to getting a picture taken. Here is Joe's description of the pen:
"It is an Atrax rollerball with a flame laser inlay kit. But instead of the blackwood, I cast real ash from our fireplace, with just a little black mica powder to darken it. Bottom barrel is a CA finish, and the cap is just polished."

He also included some nice blanks as filler which I didn't happen to have with me when taking the picture.

 

[juteck]

from Wayne (Pete275)

Another PITH, and I get the sweet end of the deal! This one from Wayne (Pete275). A Virage fountain pen out of "molten metal", a bonus Berea flat top out of blue/white acrylic, and some great blanks.

I've been looking at the Virage fountain pen for a while, but haven't made any myself yet? My biggest dilemma - what ink should I use to christen this great pen?? Fit and finish are bang on. I couldn't have expected anything better.

And the bonus flat top --- another with fit and finish being bang on, and a very comfortable pen to hold.

And the bonus blanks even included an inlace -- not sure if Wayne is just clearing his inventory, or he wants to test me on my sharpening skills and patience level!

Thanks Wayne for a great PITH, and all the bonus materials!

 

[LagniappeRob]

Got this a bit ago from Healeydays but wasn't set up to take pictures until today (work has been nuts lately). Thanks Mike for the beautiful pen and really nice blanks!

 

[Sandy H.]

Got mine too!

Brian (JustmeinMS) sent out a great looking black Baron with some neat wood blanks to boot. I've not built a Baron yet, but this is a nice kit and Brian's work looks great. I look forward to turning the great looking blanks as well.

Thanks Brain and IAP for the PITH.

Sandy.

 

[Sandy H.]

Pete275 got his too

Wayne sent me a PM that he recieved his pen and asked me to post pictures for him. I took these before sending it out at the end of August.

Hope you like it, Wayne.

Sandy.

 

[jyreene]

Was able to snap this one from my PITH I received.



It's an M3 volcanic ash in a Le Roi. Steve had some interesting stories behind his first six attempts. I wish I had time to put them here but life is running full speed.

Great fit and the finish is awesome. The finish on these are not easy so he showed how much attention he paid.

 

[Pete275]

Fire "Hot" Pen From Sandy H

I received the package while out of town and just recently opened it to find a Smitty Classic Vintage Convertible rollerball dressed in a fiery home cast acrylic which really explodes in the right lighting. The fit and finish are perfect and the colors match the theme of the PITH equally as perfect making for a really beautiful pen.
Also included in the package were 5 blanks (not shown in the pictures) two of which are home cast by Sandy and also the fountain pen parts for the pen. Really cool stuff! Thanks a whole bunch to SandyH !!!!:biggrin:

Wayne

Wayne sent me a PM that he recieved his pen and asked me to post pictures for him. I took these before sending it out at the end of August.

Hope you like it, Wayne.

Sandy.

 

[Brooks803]

My PITH to Greggas

I was a bit late getting mine out due to my screw-ups ruining blank after blank. So I ended up having to stray a bit from the theme. Although you could say this is the smoke from the "flame" theme, lol.

It's a Custom Mini FP made from one of my alumilite casts. It has a #6 Bock nib. It is clipless, but I did make to where Greg can add a clip if he desires. I prefer mine without bc it is meant to be a pocket pen. It's to short to write with without being posted, but once you do it becomes full sized and very well balanced.

Hope it serves you well Greg!

 

[healeydays]

Got this a bit ago from Healeydays but wasn't set up to take pictures until today (work has been nuts lately). Thanks Mike for the beautiful pen and really nice blanks!

Thanks Rob, it was my pleasure. The blank on the pen was an experimental done by Brooks803 that he called it Slow Burn which I thought would be great for this PITH.

The blanks I sent are one of my honeycomb and the other is Casuarina cones.

Mike B

 

[ve3bax]

im a little late in posting, but here is my pen from Ambidex (George).

its a Fire Dragon Blank on a Jr. Gent II Rhodium Rollerball. it also came with a nice assortment of "packing materials" :biggrin:

--Dave