bitshird
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My son in law Andrew has been working with me making tools and watching me make pens for a couple of years, he finally decided to get his feet wet, I had some small maple burls laying around and a half gallon of Silmar, and he wanted to try and make a worthless wood blank, and create a pen with it. So here is his first attempt, Honestly all I did is tell him what to do, he mixed the resin and Pearl Ex, and we poured it into one of Gadgets great molds, he got 4 blanks ,one shattered one had too many organic edges but this one looked good, he even did the CA finish he turned it with one of our woodchucks, and polished it with Novus,( I hate to see this stuff go off the market), it's great on CA or straight resin,I had a hard time getting the pen away from him to take pictures,m the kit is one from Woodnwhimsies it's the Executive, unfortunately it's in 24 kt gold, but he loves it, and I think he did a heck of a job for his first pen, I want him to join the IAP since he will soon be taking over my Woodchuck tool business so I can enjoy my time, and play with my new lathe.
Please comment on his pen so he can see that most of you aren't as critical as I am. Gary Max has met the kid and he's a nice young man, just needs some encouragement.
Please comment on his pen so he can see that most of you aren't as critical as I am. Gary Max has met the kid and he's a nice young man, just needs some encouragement.