Custom Baron FP endcap.....not planned

[woodscavenger]

It looks like Murphy crossed the border from Canada. Must have come in on that cold wind we had today. Anyway I was doing my second
Baron kit and of course Mr. I-Know-Everything-And-Don't-Need-to-Review-the-Directions-Because-I-Put-One-Together-Three-Weeks-Ago screwed up the posting thread on the end section. I had the little trim ring facing the wrong direction and I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get that little section to press into the brass tube.....IDIOT, it was bass-ackwards! I did eventually manage to shove the threads down through the trim ring and ruin most of them. I knew that new arbor press would come in handy.

After moping around I pulled out the matching end cutoff, chucked it in my cheap PSI scroll chuck and did something I had planned to do for a different pen.

What do you think?

BTW cocobolo is awesome for the fine details.....

 

[JimGo]

GREAT save! That came out fantastic! Its a nice alternative to the standard design (not that I have a problem with the Baron).

 

[PenWorks]

Very nice. I really like the wood end cap. I also had that same idea of the cut you put on the cocobolo, that came out really sharp as well, now I know what it will look like. Fine job.

Anthony

 

[melogic]

AWESOME Shane! That was a good fix. I really like both pens but being cocobola is my favorite wood, I'm more partial to it. I think both of them are wonderful and great job on the fix for the cocobola.

 

[dougle40]

Dang ! That shouldn't be a fix , it should be a regular item . Looks great !!

 

[woodpens]

Excellent save, Shane! You shouldn't have told us about the mistake. We'd have never guessed there was an oops involved. Great job!

 

[Tom McMillan]

Nice pens Shane!!! Excellent work!!!!!

 

[Randy_]

That cocobolo pen is terrific!! Nice work!!

If Murphy helped in the design of that pen, I'd be tempted to keep him around!!!

I'm having a temporary lapse.....? Who sells the Baron kit??

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Hey, What are you Blaming Us for in Canada?[]


We only send you our weather once we are done with it!!![]


Great looking work as always!

 

[John Carr]

Gorgeous! I actually like the look better than with the exposed end.

 

[Darley]

Well what I can say everyone take the word of my mind so I will say BRAVO ! fro those pen I realy like the cocobola but both are perfect, mistake make sometime something better []

Serge

 

[jkirkb94]

Fantastic save!! Maybe you ought to screw up more often! I like it better with the mistake fixed! Randy, Bill Baumbeck at Arizona Silhouette sells the Barons. Kirk[8D]

 

[opfoto]

That may very well be the best save to date. Great job!!!

 

[woodscavenger]

Thanks for the comments. The more I look at it and write with it the more I like it. I really liked the Baron kit but the have wanted a tapered end for a while so when life gave me Mr. Murphy I turned him into Murphy-ade! I am probably going to try the same on a couple of other kits. What other woods take the fine details well enough to do this with? I am going to try a couple of stabilized BEB pen.

 

[elody21]

There are no mistakes, Just new ideas! Beautiful pen!!!

 

[darbytee]

Great save, it looks better than the original!

 

[jdavis]

Great save. I really like it. I like turning cocobolo. Great job with this pen.[]

 

[Rifleman1776]

Originally posted by woodpens
<br />Excellent save, Shane! You shouldn't have told us about the mistake. We'd have never guessed there was an oops involved. Great job!

Yes, he should have. [] I'm going to print out his post and have it in front of me as a reminder when I do my first Baron. I'm waiting for the kits from BB right now. And I'm often one of those who live (die?) by the words "When all else fails, read the directions." Woodpens did me a favor. I will read the directions. []

 

[Deere41h]

Wow.......Wish my mistakes came out that nice. Beautiful!!!

 

[woodscavenger]

The thing I learned it that if the part isn't going in with the press, the answerr is NOT to just push harder! I am still kicking myself for not having that trim ring the right direction. It sure was an ugly sound to hear the grind of the threads getting shoved down through the trim ring.

 

[Fleabit]

You are the save master! LOL Great save and great looking pens. I like both of them.

 

[Gary]

A great save, and great looking pens!

 

[Gregory Huey]

Yopu know what I always say, It's not how bad you mess up but how you recover.

 

[Travlr7]

#1 Cocobolo is fantastic!

#2 and more important, your "DESIGN MODIFICATION" is awesome!

Bruce

 

[woodscavenger]

BTW the big leaf maple pen was delivered today to a nurse with a maple case and custom insert (thanks to BB) for her brother's 50th birthday. My first $100 commision. She was quite pleased. It is funny because I also made did a pen/pencil set for the other nurse there for her husbands 50th. Pretty cool. Thanks for all the nice words.

 

[rtgleck]

Wow, Great shape and desgin. Those are some nice looking pens.

 

[KKingery]

A beautiful save! Excellent!

 

[Gary]

Very nice work!

 

[Gary]

Very nice work!

 

[ctEaglesc]

I have never made a Baron ,but when I do I will remember that.
Somewhere I read,
"The mark of a true craftsman is the ability to turn a mistake into ..."
I forget the rest of it.
The gist of the expression is exactly what you did.
Now if you could thread the cocobolo...

 

[woodscavenger]

I think if you had the right equipment you could thread it.

 

[JimGo]

HF sells a nice tap and die set...

 

[C_Ludwigsen]

Shane, that is the definition of a cool recovery.

 

[wicook]

That design on the cocobolo Baron is really nice! I, too, like it better than the standard kit. That end cap really finishes the pen off nicely.

 

[C. Scott]

Shane, doesn't look like a "mistake" to me. I'd call it an "improvement" [] Great job!