Perfect Fit in Box Elder Burl

[cdcarter]

I'm putting this one up because we don't seem to get a lot of Perfect Fits. Maybe they're just not all that photogenic. I did this one in a piece of Box Elder Burl.

Honestly, I don't do many burls. They just don't sell that well. (Neither do Perfect Fits either, for some reason.)

 

[rherrell]

Nice job Carl! The Perfect Fit is my favorite twist pen.

 

[louisbry]

Beautiful pen with nice fit, finish and color match. I like the Box Elder Burl, but am curious as to why they don'nt sell well. Is it the extra cost or folks just like the woods they are familiar with best?

 

[cdcarter]

Beats me, Louis. It's all cigars, all the time. I guess part of it is so many of my orders come from people who've seen somebody else writing with one of my pens, and I have more cigars out there than anything. And I think maybe cost difference is a factor. I sell cigars at $35, and this is $40.

Originally posted by louisbry
<br />Beautiful pen with nice fit, finish and color match. I like the Box Elder Burl, but am curious as to why they don'nt sell well. Is it the extra cost or folks just like the woods they are familiar with best?

 

[Ligget]

Now that is a pretty pen, lovely piece of wood! []

 

[Marc Phillips]

That's a beauty!

I guess if we could figure out what the buying public wants we would be so rich we wouldn't care what the buying public wants!

Man, that was deep! []

 

[ahoiberg]

nice pen. i like the looks of that kit. is the center band on a tenon or press fit?

 

[cdcarter]

Press fit.

Originally posted by ahoiberg
<br />nice pen. i like the looks of that kit. is the center band on a tenon or press fit?

 

[R2]

That is aperfectly beautiful pen Carl![][][^]

 

[cdcarter]

Best kind of wood ever ... free! It was a sample blank Arizona Silhouette threw in with an order.

Originally posted by ligget
<br />Now that is a pretty pen, lovely piece of wood! []

 

[fritz64]

like the pen love the wood who sells the kit

 

[fritz64]

found it

 

[Hiram33]

Very Nice pen I would think that people buying a hand made pen would go for stile and looks over a $5 cost difference

 

[gwilki]

I think it's beautiful, Carl. I've sold more of that kit than any others. (Not that I've sold many of anything.) I think the perfectfit has the best transmission out there, and the women seem to like the shape.

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice, I like the look of that kit and the blank.