Out of My League Quartet

[Noot17]

My work does a competition every year that involves selling products. I was able to pick up some Majestic kits on the company's dime, so I am going to try to win with these.

$50 kits are probably still above my skill level, but it was fun turning full size kits and learning lots!

I used Italian Madreperlato acrylic in royal blue, dyed and stabilized red box elder burl, dyed and stabilized purple tiger oak, and 1930s hand harvested maple burl (my personal favorite).

C and C welcome! Also, which is your favorite?

 

[mark james]

Cheers Eric.

Shoot, you don't need any $50 kits, these Majestics are perfectly fine, and a high - end product.

I see nothing amiss with your turning/finishing, so you are well within the "quality range" you place yourself. Well done! Thank you for sharing.

EDIT for favorite... Maple Burl!!!

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful group of pens.

 

[TattooedTurner]

Beautiful pens, I like the tiger oak.

 

[MRDucks2]

Quite nice. I'll go with Red Box Elder Burl today. Maybe one of the others tomorrow. Lol.


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[Noot17]

Thanks, Mark, and others!

(these kits were $50 each, by the way ...)

The tiger oak is pretty nice, the color shows better in person. The finish wasn't as nice as I'd hoped though because it was really porous and I was wanting to have some of that show through, but then built up too much CA for the effect to be noticeable and now it looks like I just didn't smooth it out enough... Oh well! Learned from it.


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[ericofpendom]

Fantastic looking group of pens, my favourite is the blue one.
Eric...

 

[cjester]

They all look good, and the blue is really compelling with that trim, but for my taste, you just can't beat that natural maple burl.
-Carl

 

[Dehn0045]

ditto on the maple burl, that one is my favorite too. But all of them are great, simply fantastic!

 

[Burb]

Beautiful pens!! I've been wanting to try a full size myself.

 

[Noot17]

Thanks, all! I appreciate the comments.

Drilling the blanks was tricky because I didn't have a proper jig for holding it with the drill press. Definitely recommend a jig or drilling on the lathe for them. Or actually using oversized blanks, which I didn't have. Not much margin for error. This has also encouraged me to save up for the equipment to drill on the lathe. Even with a good clamp on the DP it's difficult to drill straight through...