Monty
Group Buy Coordinator
Ever wondered what a $250K pen looks like? Check out the cover and page 84 in the November issue of Pen World.
Originally posted by ligget
<br />You tease!! I dont get that magazine![]
Thanks for the liks. Didn't think to look.Originally posted by TBone
<br />Originally posted by ligget
<br />You tease!! I dont get that magazine![]
You can view online. You can see as html or pdf, but the html is only one small pic. The pdf has several. Here is a link to the pdf
http://www.penworld.com/images/p84-89.pdf
Originally posted by Monty
<br />Ever wondered what a $250K pen looks like? Check out the cover and page 84 in the November issue of Pen World.
Originally posted by rpasto92
<br />You will have a very hard time convincing me that any pen ever made is worth $250K.
Unless of course I make it, right?
A total of ten were made, only two remain unsold.Originally posted by btboone
<br />It's only a $250,000 pen if they actually sell it for $250,000 otherwise it's a nicely crafted cover page pen.
I didn't say that but if you clicked on the link earlier in the thread you would get an idea of why it cost so much.Originally posted by btboone
<br />Yeah. Cnc machines and lasers are for untalented hacks.
Originally posted by btboone
<br />Yeah. Cnc machines and lasers are for untalented hacks.
How much was the CNC machine?Originally posted by btboone
<br />I got the magazine. It looks like it was a lot of work. A quarter million dollars for a pen is definitely for someone with more money thn sense, no matter how it was made.
Theplates that print our currency are engraved by hand there are more than one and they are all alike.
That is Craftsmanship.
They have sold 8 out opf 10."It's only a $250,000 pen if they actually sell it for $250,000 otherwise it's a nicely crafted cover page pen.
Originally posted by ctEaglesc
Ther is a difference btween an artist and someone who turns the machine on even if he told the machine what to do.
Originally posted by Ron Mc
<br />Chisel,
I very rarely make a disagree known. But I want you to think about this quote, "Craftsmen are usually defined as using manual tools. An artist has a much broader definition, that can include the design process."
I have to design every segmented pen I make. I know several others, including btboone, and eagle, that do the same thing. I personally consider myself an artist and always will because from start to finish, I sit with music playing, draw a design, and work my cuts out for the blank.
I find nothing wrong with the term craftsmen yet the line between craftsman and artist can be thrown to the side in a moment.
Ther is a difference btween an artist and someone who turns the machine on even if he told the machine what to do.
How much was the CNC machine?
You can do repetative work but the machine does not have the skill to do work like that and neither does the operator.
A word of note.
Theplates that print our currency are engraved by hand there are more than one and they are all alike.
That is Craftsmanship.
Originally posted by Skye