September PITH pairings

[Displaced Canadian]

By the time it was all said and done we had 9 people to participate in this PITH. There were some without pictures, some let me know they couldn't post pictures so I'm letting all were signed up at the end play. The pairings are as follows.

BayouPenturner....penmaker1967
Joe S..................Alzey
Displaced Canadian..vebax
evan bahr...........Nikitas
glenspens...........Leviblue

In the interest of full disclosure, There was 9 people signed up so I put my name in to even things up. If anyone out there who didn't quite make it in but still wants to send me a PM and I'll let you take my place. Thank you to all who participated. Please keep me posted on how the swap is going.

 

[Alzey]

Joe and I have exchanged info. Package should be in the mail tomorrow.

 

[Joe S.]

Tomorrow as well. Fun stuff!

 

[Displaced Canadian]

Good to know.

 

[penmaker1967]

me and bayoupenturner have made contack his pen will be in the mail by monday of next week due to me havin g a big show this week would not have time to get to the post office before they close each day. have let him know that and he is fine with it

 

[ve3bax]

quick correction, its ve3bax (that three is important! :biggrin

im sending my contact info momentarily

--Dave

 

[Displaced Canadian]

Oops

 

[Joe S.]

Got this awesome pen from Alzey today, plus some cool blanks (one of which was shockingly pink!) as packing material. Great pen for the September PITH.

 

[Joe S.]

And this is what I sent him:

 

[penmaker1967]

got my pen today a very nice pen that will make a good add to my collection. i will see if i can get my camera to work in the next few days

 

[Displaced Canadian]

Things are getting busy at work again. What is that pen kit in the top picture? How is everybody else doing. I'm running a bit behind.

 

[Joe S.]

It's a virage rollerball, I think... It's a sweet pen either way!

 

[Alzey]

It's a virage rollerball, I think... It's a sweet pen either way!

Yes it is a Virage rollerball from Exotic Blanks. The wood is a pine 1x4 I found in my Grandfather's cabinet shop. My guess is that board has been laying up in that shop for more that 30 years. It had a nice knot pattern in it, so I centered that on the lower barrel. The fist cap exploded on me, so I used another cut off to make the lid. The cut was not long neigh and the grain wouldn't have matched. So I segmented some aluminum sheathing and some dark wood cut offs I had in a bucket. Success!!! . The finish is CA that was wet sanded through all the MM pads followed by Novus2 and Ren Wax.

Joe I am glad you like it. The pictures you took were awesome. May I use the pictures elsewhere on this forum (with credit of course)?

 

[BayouPenturner]

received my a very nice pen from penmaker1967 along with some nice blanks. I will try to upload a picture later,

 

[Displaced Canadian]

I like that kit.

 

[glenspens]

got my pith pen

Leviblue ...Thanks for the pen and blanks. Its a LeRoi w/pine, alum and walnut

 

[evan bahr]

Sept PITH pen to Nikitas

Here is the pen I sent Nikitas. I haven't heard from him so far...