Trio of Sceptre's

[jasontg99]

First, many thanks to Harold (splinter99) for his help fixing my lackluster finishing skills. A couple practice pens later and I had the confidence to knock these out. Hope you all enjoy them. As always, comments and constructive criticism welcome. Almost forgot, CA finish on all three. The first is a dyed plasticized maple burl, second is a cherry burl, and lastly a spalted plasticized maple.

 

[PenTurnerfromMaine]

Nice work, now I have to get to the shop

 

[PTownSubbie]

Man, you have been a busy dude!! They look great also!

 

[jasontg99]

Fred,

That's what happens when you are a geo bachelor. :frown:

Man, you have been a busy dude!! They look great also!

 

[johncrane]

Another bunch of fine looking pens well done Jason!

 

[edman2]

I'm impressed that you could pull that off with only a COUPLE of practice pens! My count was slightly higher before I got comfortable with that finish.:biggrin: Great work.

 

[artme]

Great turning and great finishes.

Just a personal opinion again. I have reservations about "rococo" blanks combined with "rococo" kits

 

[broitblat]

Some great figure in those blanks and it looks like you nailed a beautiful finish to create 3 pretty d*mned good pens.

-Barry

 

[splinter99]

Nice looking pens! The finish looks great..glad it worked out for you. I think you will agree, after you have done a few its as easy or easier than the CA/Blo

 

[Pen_Turner]

Nice pens man!! They all look very good.

 

[BigShed]

I think you have done a great job on the fit and particularly the finish, very well done.

May I say that the Sceptre kit itself still hasn't grown on me, somehow the lines don't do it for me, but that is a purely personal opinion and doesn't reflect at all on your very fine work.

 

[Ligget]

Those are top dollar pens!

 

[jasontg99]

Nice looking pens! The finish looks great..glad it worked out for you. I think you will agree, after you have done a few its as easy or easier than the CA/Blo

FAR EASIER and extremely consistant! I can not thank you enough Harold.

 

[jasontg99]

Great turning and great finishes.

Just a personal opinion again. I have reservations about "rococo" blanks combined with "rococo" kits

Noob question.....rococo?????

 

[artme]

Noob question.....rococo?????

Jason, rococo is a particular style of European art that is highly ornate and decorative to the point of visual overload. Thank goodness it is no longer in vogue.

I have seen several Rococo and Baroque churches in Europe. Many people are wide eyed and think they are beautiful. I don't I think they are overdone and even garish.

A google search will fill you in more.

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful trio, nice work.

 

[mbroberg]

That is a classy group of pens! Well done!

 

[jasontg99]

I'm impressed that you could pull that off with only a COUPLE of practice pens! My count was slightly higher before I got comfortable with that finish.:biggrin: Great work.

I guess I should clarify...I have been usint the CA/BLO method with VERY inconsistant results for the last month or so - I am still in my rookie year, so I have been experimenting with A LOT of different finishes. I did a couple of practice pens with Harold's method and then I did these. I have finally found my easy AND consistant finishing method!!!

 

[mickr]

all 3 are stunning