MJ Jack
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Received my PITH exchange from my partner Noot17
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My pen arrived from my Partner John U and it is AMAZING. I will take some pictures tomorrow with all the goodies he included. I am due to ship mine out in the next couple days. The painting process I have taken on this pen has taken a lot longer then expected. John U I am sorry for the delay but I promise it will be worth the wait. The final layer of paint was applied yesterday and was not yet dry today. Tomorrow it should be dry and then to apply the CA finish for protection. There is just a lot of drying time between layers of paint and lots of layers. You will have to wait and see what this is all about but hope you can forgive me for not meeting the deadline. I love these PITH's.
Jon Tello
How in the world did Jontello and John U get paired together?
Two of the people that I have the highest level of respect for get paired? I look forward to seeing both of their results on this thread.
I asked myself that same questions. On rare occasions I get lucky. This was definitely one of those times!
Jontello, no worries my friend, take all the time you need. I will very anxiously wait like a kid for Christmas. I am looking forward to seeing your masterpiece!
Here are the pictures to John U pen. It was made with Macaw feathers. It is an incredible pen that he made. It is such an honor to have this pen. It is a true piece of art in itself. The colors are incredible. The pictures do not do it justice. Super excited to ink it up. Now to what color ink to use.
He also sent some extra goodies. I might have to keep all of these pens for myself. Thanks John U. You definitely out did yourself.
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So, the box from SteveJ arrived Thursday, and I managed to stage the contents for some pictures. 14 blanks, well, sort of, not sure how to count, or use, the stone/Corian blanks. 1 or 2? Very generous of him.
And the pen, wow. Steve does some fine segmenting, mighty fine segmenting.
Returned from a business trip today to find this beautiful pen and Hawaiian blanks from MrPukaShell. Very generous
Thank you so much for the pen. I will use it well.
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I was fortunate to do pens swap with Mark James and have the pleasure to receive 2 pens from him and some blanks as well
Love is work and will try to do same in time
Is Chevron is stunning and will try my hands on it
Thank you Mark hope you will be happy with what I send you
Take care mate
Thank you for the kind words Edgar!Seth Roland (rolandranch) was my PITH partner. We both had very busy months of Jan, so we are just now finishing up our swap. Seth's package arrived in today's mail, just as my package was leaving for Tucson.
I was thrilled when I saw that Seth was my partner because I am a real fan of his work. I'm truly honored to have one of his pens for my collection. Seth sent me an awesome Python skin Vertex RB and some gorgeous Thuya Burl & other blanks.
The casting & finish on this pen is truly amazing. There's no doubt that I got the better of this swap!
Thanks, Seth - you are a true craftsman!
Edgar
Thank you for the kind words Edgar!Seth Roland (rolandranch) was my PITH partner. We both had very busy months of Jan, so we are just now finishing up our swap. Seth's package arrived in today's mail, just as my package was leaving for Tucson.
I was thrilled when I saw that Seth was my partner because I am a real fan of his work. I'm truly honored to have one of his pens for my collection. Seth sent me an awesome Python skin Vertex RB and some gorgeous Thuya Burl & other blanks.
The casting & finish on this pen is truly amazing. There's no doubt that I got the better of this swap!
Thanks, Seth - you are a true craftsman!
Edgar
I'm very glad to hear that you are happy with it. I had fun making it. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the leather sleeve was made by my brother Nate.
I'm looking forward to seeing what comes in the mail from you!
Seth
Got my pen from Edgar! It came in yesterday's mail in a big box FULL of LOTS of wood, burl, and casting material.
Here are some pics (I could hardly fit all the loot in my photo box!)
Lots of great materials here and some stuff he brought back from his recent trip to Hawaii. There's koa, mango, some beautiful burl, spalted blanks, etc, etc, etc, and a Lou Metcalf pen blank!
This beauty from Edgar was made from one of George's (robutacion) blanks. It's called Platypus Gum and the components are a Black Ti/Platinum Manhattan kit. It came beautifully displayed in this nice pen box. I really like the blank, kit and plating and the craftsmanship is excellent!
Thank you Edgar! I have enjoyed this PITH.
I was thrilled to receive these wonderful works from Darley! His own casts for the pine cones, feathers, and watch parts. Serge has a very nice style for the feathers combined with other imbedded objects.
Thank you, Mate!