I make pens everyday. I enjoy it so much it is my full time job now as well as my hobby. Every so often I make one which I fall in love with. I gave this one to Graham who owns one of the shops who stocks my work.
This is my third completed Vertex rollerball pen. I made the other two out...
Finally got some time, now that the semester is done, to turn a couple of new pens. The first is a commissioned piece that I hand't tried before - an antique pewter Celtic Fountain pen. The second is a chrome Navigator roller ball pen out of a mystery wood from my random stack =)
Here are a couple pens that I have finally managed to make from some of my winnings in one of the earlier Mr. Anonymous games. The first is an Americana rollerball wrapped in Majestic Olive, while the second is by far my favorite wood that I have turned so far, which is Colonial Gum Burl...
I'm a Florida State fan and one of our local high schools also has the same colors. The pen is a Classic Rollerball dressed in Red Cedar and Osage Orange/Hedge Apple/Bodock (whatever you want to call it.) Both are from Middle Tennessee.
At any rate, it's not quite Garnet & Gold, but I think...
A coworker left last week to move on to better things. I made this pen for him from a piece of wood cut at the park. The kit is an Annaheim Roller Ball. The bag was made by my wife from her scrap bin.
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My dad has some walnut that he salvaged from the remodel of his office because do sentimental value. He has asked metro make him a pen/pencil set for I'm out of the salvaged wood. Here is the hard part. He wants a pencil, ballpoint, rollerball and fountain pen that match. I can only find 3...
My firewood rescue pile is bigger than my burnable firewood pile.
It is driving my wife nuts. So should I continue this practice I ask myself?
I am thinking ...... why not.
This one was from a huge chunk of Curly Maple. It has that classic chatoyance that I love.
I'm wondering if anyone knows how long Red Heart can be expected to maintain its color before turning brown on the customer? Thanks for any input. All comments/critiques are welcome.
Concinna burl and rollerball components from down under.
I'm naming this one a "Royal Aussie".
Not a great pic ... didn't have time to setup a light box.
Comments good and bad welcome.
Thanks for having a look.
I made this today .... Amboyna Burl on Triton Components.
A rollerball but it will easily convert to a fountain.
To bad they don't sell components that include each option. :eek::smile:
That'll NEVER happen! :biggrin::wink:
Comments and critiques welcome.
Thanks for looking! :smile:
Here's another El Grande rollerball made from one of my cast blanks from last weekend. This was the one that the first color setup before I could add the bronze.:rolleyes: You can see in a few places where I tried to stab the stick into the green to allow the bronze to penetrate a little.:wink...
I'm on Berea's email list, and got this yesterday -- thought I'd pass it on for those interested. Several of the El Grande Elite and Streamline kits on sale -- rollerball and fountain, variety of finishes. Currently $5 to $6 prices. Here's the link...
Here's a Jr. Gent in #2 Yellow Box Burl that was kind of a throw in to "fill the box" on an order I got from member isaacrapelje.
Finished with several coats of CA with some sanding between coats to fill some voids, and then buffed.
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Thanks for looking...
My latest pen, a Tycoon rollerball in Amboyna burl.
I tried to have more patience with my CA finish this time. I let let it set for a day or so before buffing using the methods/materials mentioned by George (Texatdurango) in a past thread.
The black mark on the end cap is only in the photo (I...