Woodworkers pencil kit

[John M]

I was at the Norcal meet up this past weekend, met lot of good people. I picked up some of Nolans rosewood because I have never turned any and it is some good looking stuff. I had a big ol pile of blanks, his stuff is unbelievable. But I settled on just a few. I had to make something special out of it so I wanted to make my dad a few pens for Fathers day. The first one is a Woodworkers pencil kit from Woodcraft. I saw one at the meet up turned by Nava1uni and thought it was really cool. My dad just built his shop ( he moved to texas after he retired a few years ago:frown so I thought this would be a good first part of the present. Next I am going to turn a Navigator, which would be my first screw on top pen. Hopefully that one will turn out as nice as this one. I am still having trouble with my CA finishes, I was careful on this one so I did not get the shine I was hoping.

 

[johncrane]

Well done beautiful blank.:good::biggrin:

 

[Jim15]

Great job, bet he will love it.

 

[mickr]

never saw a real nice pencil like this one..the wood is fantastic & great job

 

[John M]

Thank you for the compliments.


Turns out I have been doing my CA finish wrong. I watched some bids on Youtube so tonight I will try again on the Navigator and hopefully it will work out.

 

[Rollerbob]

Nice work, John. Beautiful blank!

 

[igran7]

Very well done. The blank is outrageous! I'm sure your dad will be very pleased.

 

[jkeithrussell]

Really nice.

 

[John M]

Nolan's blanks are incredible, there were so many to chose from it makes your head spin. Not to mention he was super cool.