celtic

Tried my hand at a Celtic Knot pen the other day. Made from firewood black walnut and maple (need to stop stealing from the wood pile 😅). Lots of learnings but overall pretty happy as a first attempt. Also first time using Shellawax and EEE, yeah, like those a lot. Kit: Vertex Click from Rockler

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Finally got some time, now that the semester is done, to turn a couple of new pens. The first is a commissioned piece that I hand't tried before - an antique pewter Celtic Fountain pen. The second is a chrome Navigator roller ball pen out of a mystery wood from my random stack =)

Been a while since I have posted anything, so figured I would share the few new turnings I have. Sorry for the photo quality in advance - I don't have a fancy set up yet - just my iPhone. The first is a Crown Jewel pen in chrome from PSI with an older Purple acrylic blank. Finished with MM...

Got in a couple of Celtic kits from PSI and I knew just the wood to use. A while ago, I picked up a piece of mystery lumber from a friend's farm near Red Boiling Springs, TN and it tuned out to be poplar. I have no idea how old it is, probably at least the middle of the 1900's. Even though the...

Left to Right: 24k Gold Bolt Action Bullet Pen with Cocobolo Gunmetal Bolt Action Bullet Pen with Indian Ebony Antique Brass Celtic Pen with Cocobolo Chrome Presimo Fountain Pen with Genuine Mahogany. I made these for several different orders for a few people. It only took about 3 hours...

I have a customer looking for a Celtic Cross or Knott in her pen. Any one got a suggestion where I could get a Clip or a center ring maybe? Or better yet anyone got a laminated celtic knott into somtheing there willing to sell or trade for? Please reply or PM Greg

These were made for a gentleman in Singapore who is giving them to some friends as wedding gifts. They are two-tone Red Mallee Burl with aluminum flashing from local home improvement store. The pens are made from opposite ends of a single extra-long blank. And the knots represent the...