thayes
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Very impressed. Wishing you luck at the shows. You should be proud of yourself and deserve a great turnout!!
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JohnU
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That's a nice group of pen you've got. I'm so glad it was not me! Lol. I have enough problems keeping organized with the few I make. Great job!
yorkie
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Finally All Finished-final 64 pens.
Okay, here are the last of them. It ended up growing to just over 110 pens by the time I was finished and I now have 157 pens for the show. This has been quite a project! I think a couple of these pens may be duplicates from previous posts, sorry, hard to keep track of them all after a while.
PICTURE 1...From left to right:
two-tone Buckeye burl, Honduran Rosewood burl with purple figure, Big Leaf Maple burl with blue alumilite (the alumilite resembles a facial profile), East Indian Poisonwood burl, Cavateo Rosewood.
PICTURE 2...From left to right
Spalted English Beech, English Yew burl, North Carolina Black Locust with Green Malachite inlay, Dalmation figured Ebony, Maple burl, Kingwood, Spalted Ambrosia Maple, super curly Hawaiian Koa, green dyed/stablilized Black Ash burl, Staghorn Sumac and Honduran Rosewood.
PICTURE 3...From left to right
cloud figured Ziricote, Thuya burl, Black Nargusta burl, crosscut Kiaat, Mermaid acrylic, Box Elder burl-stabilized, spalted birdseye Cherry, English yew burl, Jerusalem Olive wood, Frosty Morning acrylic, Gaboon Ebony.
PICTURE 4...From left to right
English Yew burl, York Gum burl, two-tone super curly Mahogany, English Walnut burl with brass inlay, extreme crosscut Zebra wood, Afzelia Xylay, Pink Ivory, Australian curly Blackwood, North Carolina Dogwood with Blue Lapis inlay, Padauk, Earth Marble acrylic, Silver leaf encased in clear acrylic
PICTURE 5...From left to right
Madagascan Boi De Rose, orange dyed Buckeye burl, Chocolate Velvet acrylic, Monochrome acrylic, Ironwood with aluminum/aluminium inlay, Beeswing figured Red Narra, North Carolina two-tone Purple Lilac, 100 year old Longleaf Pine, Concinna burl, Honduran Rosewood burl, pomelle figured tan Bubinga.
PICTURE 6...From left to right
two-tone crosscut Cocobolo, two-tone Thailand Rosewood burl with brass inlay around the tip, black line spalted Oak, Wenge, Cherry burl with Turquoise inlay, Golden Steel acrylic, Flame Red Box Elder burl, Stars and Stripes acrylic, deep blue acrylic, Cauldren acrylic, two-tone Verawood or Argentinian Teak, Cholla Cactus skeleton encased in purple acrylic.
PICTURE 7...From left to right
these two are combinaiton corkscrew/wine stoppers made using grape vines from a Shiraz vineyard in Australia.
All are CA finish.
My favourites? The crosscut Cocobolo Tetra Stylus is amazing and was a nightmare to turn; always trying to break apart.
Okay, here are the last of them. It ended up growing to just over 110 pens by the time I was finished and I now have 157 pens for the show. This has been quite a project! I think a couple of these pens may be duplicates from previous posts, sorry, hard to keep track of them all after a while.
PICTURE 1...From left to right:
two-tone Buckeye burl, Honduran Rosewood burl with purple figure, Big Leaf Maple burl with blue alumilite (the alumilite resembles a facial profile), East Indian Poisonwood burl, Cavateo Rosewood.
PICTURE 2...From left to right
Spalted English Beech, English Yew burl, North Carolina Black Locust with Green Malachite inlay, Dalmation figured Ebony, Maple burl, Kingwood, Spalted Ambrosia Maple, super curly Hawaiian Koa, green dyed/stablilized Black Ash burl, Staghorn Sumac and Honduran Rosewood.
PICTURE 3...From left to right
cloud figured Ziricote, Thuya burl, Black Nargusta burl, crosscut Kiaat, Mermaid acrylic, Box Elder burl-stabilized, spalted birdseye Cherry, English yew burl, Jerusalem Olive wood, Frosty Morning acrylic, Gaboon Ebony.
PICTURE 4...From left to right
English Yew burl, York Gum burl, two-tone super curly Mahogany, English Walnut burl with brass inlay, extreme crosscut Zebra wood, Afzelia Xylay, Pink Ivory, Australian curly Blackwood, North Carolina Dogwood with Blue Lapis inlay, Padauk, Earth Marble acrylic, Silver leaf encased in clear acrylic
PICTURE 5...From left to right
Madagascan Boi De Rose, orange dyed Buckeye burl, Chocolate Velvet acrylic, Monochrome acrylic, Ironwood with aluminum/aluminium inlay, Beeswing figured Red Narra, North Carolina two-tone Purple Lilac, 100 year old Longleaf Pine, Concinna burl, Honduran Rosewood burl, pomelle figured tan Bubinga.
PICTURE 6...From left to right
two-tone crosscut Cocobolo, two-tone Thailand Rosewood burl with brass inlay around the tip, black line spalted Oak, Wenge, Cherry burl with Turquoise inlay, Golden Steel acrylic, Flame Red Box Elder burl, Stars and Stripes acrylic, deep blue acrylic, Cauldren acrylic, two-tone Verawood or Argentinian Teak, Cholla Cactus skeleton encased in purple acrylic.
PICTURE 7...From left to right
these two are combinaiton corkscrew/wine stoppers made using grape vines from a Shiraz vineyard in Australia.
All are CA finish.
My favourites? The crosscut Cocobolo Tetra Stylus is amazing and was a nightmare to turn; always trying to break apart.
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Hendu3270
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Very nice. Good luck at the show!
RushmanHCP
Member
Great looking group of pens - you have great talent and perseverance. Good luck with your show.
OZturner
Member
Well Done Stephen,
Your list of Blanks, was mind blowing. Many of the timbers I hadn't heard of before.
Your consistant Quality, Fit and Finishes, is outstanding.
As I said in an earlier post,
"You are the Man for it."
Congratulations, and success for the Three Day Event.
Brian.
Your list of Blanks, was mind blowing. Many of the timbers I hadn't heard of before.
Your consistant Quality, Fit and Finishes, is outstanding.
As I said in an earlier post,
"You are the Man for it."
Congratulations, and success for the Three Day Event.
Brian.
philb
Member
Very nice group!
The poisonwood burl and Koa clicker look awesome!
The poisonwood burl and Koa clicker look awesome!
Quality Pen
Member
this is craziness! well, crazy organized hehe.
very impressive. I'm always shocked how some people can make beautiful pens in such numbers!
by the time I've gotten all those little ziplock bags open some pro has already made 3 pens
very impressive. I'm always shocked how some people can make beautiful pens in such numbers!
by the time I've gotten all those little ziplock bags open some pro has already made 3 pens
southernclay
Member
Fine job Stephen, some amazing wood as well as craftsmanship. The hard work will pay off, let us know how all goes and thanks for taking the time to share
yorkie
Member
Did the first of the three shows yesterday. Apparently, this was the worst attended May show in the history of the event. Cold weather, go figure!
Anyway, here is the setup. I sold $1,250 in pens with the average price being $90 and the highest price being $127 for a crosscut Cocobolo, two tone, on Tetra Stylus.
Hope this is useful to y'all.
Anyway, here is the setup. I sold $1,250 in pens with the average price being $90 and the highest price being $127 for a crosscut Cocobolo, two tone, on Tetra Stylus.
Hope this is useful to y'all.
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Quality Pen
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For what it's worth... I've never been to a show that is the "best" ever. Other vendors and hosts seem to -- without fail -- readily admit that "this year's attendance is down from the years past"...
I'm not sure how that works because some of these shows are surely growing :wink::biggrin:
Congrats on, what to me, looks like a great show!