The BASH was very good to me this year. I entered several contests, with the goal of trying to improve on prior years. I'd like to see more people submit entries in all contests. I know that some of my winners would pale in comparison to some of the talent that shows up daily.
The following picture shows on the left a BOB from southernclay for Shop Life Photo contest, a mug from BOB Leibo for the Ballpoint contest, 6 Elegant Lady kits from Golden Nib for the Get it Done contest, and the contents of a BOB from CWalker935 for the Trash Talk contest. Thanks again, Warren, Bob, Anthony, and Cody.
Here's a close-up of the BOB from southernclay. There's some nice blanks in there; I've already tubed a couple.
Cody included some stamp casts. I'm a fan of Johnny Cash; whenever a Cash song plays in the shop, the tools go quiet. Elvis is grinning like I was when I received the box. I've ordered a Gearshift kit and Civil War kit for the other two.
I'm going to have to make a small shelf below my plaque for last year's Ball Point Contest as a place to keep Bob's mug.
The very generous glue package from Swagopenturner for the Ball Point Contest and 2 lb package of Alumilite for Trash Talk arrived recently. Thank you again, Mark and Alumilite Corp.
I'm appreciative for the GCs from TurnTex, PSI, LazerLinez, Woodturningz. Thank you again, Curtis, PSI, Constant, and Ryan. The BOB from hdbblue, and a tool from EWT are on the way.
The second best part is that I have a bunch of great pens.
