A couple of firsts for me....

[gketell]

My first Jr Statesman; my first fountain pen; my first desert ironwood burl:

Sorry for the lousy pictures, I didn't have the energy to set up the full photo-rig so this is hand-held on the dining table on my keyboard protector.

A few "crud"s: 1) under-turned at the end-cap (probably from too much CA); 2) fighting to get the end-cap bushing off caused some minor surface scratches; 3) CA lifted just a hair at the end-cap side. Anyone see a common cause here?: I glued the bushing to the blank in a BIG way. *sigh*

Oh well, if it weren't flawed somewhere it wouldn't be mine.

GK
ps Thanks to WolfDancer for this gorgeous blank!!

 

[stevers]

Very nice Greg. I do love that wood. I have only done a hand full of Statesman's. I just have no call for them where I am. Great looking pen though.

 

[Johnathan]

Nice first for all of them. I have heard using bees wax helps with the CA but I use Delrin bushings for the CA finish. You can also try taking a rasor blade and scoring where the bushing meets the barrel, this way if it sticks it will not pull up the CA or crack. I'm sure there are many more ways but I've found the Delrin works the best.

 

[Ligget]

Lovely work, but I think a plainer kit like a Jr Gent would have been better for such a busy wood! []

 

[txbatons]

Beautiful wood. Congrats on the pen. I haven't done my Jr. State yet, but it's calling me from the workbench!

 

[gketell]

Okay, finally got around to taking some better pictures.

(although I shoulda de-linted the velvet first...)

 

[louisbry]

Nicely done pen. It is hard to hide the beauty of the DI burl.

 

[philb]

Looks much better in the second set of pics!

Lovely finish!

 

[gwilki]

the finish really comes through in the second set of pics. Fine looking pen, Greg.

 

[gerryr]

Very nice pen, now go get a gold nib for it.

 

[gketell]

My wife used it for the first time today and said it "catches" more that she would like so gold nibs are on the way.

GK

 

[sah6139]

very nice fit and finish
Love the wood and kit

steve

 

[JayDevin]

I have seen this pen in person and the photos do NOT show the BEAUTY of the pen!!

it is a Stunner and the "flaws" are not evident!

Kim is A LUCKY woman!

 

[johnnycnc]

Very nice,Greg.
The wood and your finish make a knockout!

 

[Penmonkey]

Very nice pens. Your second round of pictures shows them off nicely.

 

[GaryMGg]

Gorgeous writer you've produced!

 

[nethowler]

Simply beautiful. Mind sharing where you find DI burl?

 

[gketell]

Right here on this forum in the classifieds. Both WolfDancer (Rodney) and N4631x (Nolan) sell it. Best stuff!!

GK