BALL POINT PEN CONTEST VOTING - ROUND 1

[bobleibo]

VOTING IS NOW OPEN​

Welcome to the Ball Point Pen Contest voting – Round 1​

We have 28 terrific entries this year with each of them displaying
the level of talent that we have hiding out there.
​

A Thank You also goes out to our vendors and members who have donated the prizes for this contest
Swagopenturner, R and B Crafts, Classic Nib and Lazerline​

Entries are listed in the order they were received. Please take a few moments to thoroughly go thru
the entire list of entries before making your choices.​

Please choose your favorite 5 pens

The 10 entries with the most votes will advance to round 2 of the voting.

This round of voting will close on 02-21-2016 at 10:11 PM

Good Luck Everyone !​

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 1

Kit used: Gearshift Pen
made with USPS classic chopper stamp on aluminum foil with alcohol ink colored foil trim cast in PR.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 2

Kit used: PSI Steampunk
The blank used is a Spanish Oak Burl "Texas Hybrid" left unpainted and turned between centers on a metal lathe with a 3 jaw chuck then finished thru all steps of micro mesh.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 3

Kit used: Steam Punk Bolt Action
dressed with an Acrylester Vivid Gold Rush Blank and finished it with a three step system:
"Flitz Polish"
"Meguiars PlastiX"
"Huts Ultra Gloss Pastic Polish"
I would use a new soft cloth for each step. Each step would include a wipe length wise of each blank, then turn the lathe on and put on another coat of each product, after that, I used another clean soft cloth with the lathe on, and wipe each coat off....the is no need to buff

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 4

Kit used: Penn State Sculpted Latticed Twist Kit
Used a gold purple swirl acrylic blank. Turned, sanded, and polished to 12000 Micromesh.
Then finished with a very thin coat of CA finish.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 5

Kit used: Chrome CSUSA Artisan Clicker
I chose the clicker kit due to the long body and design opportunity. The blank started as an El Mostro alumilite blank. I cut 13 even pieces from it and used 12 pieces of aluminum to segment (Happy 12th IAP!) it is a simple design yet challenging due to the exactness of the tube and the clicker kit gives no room for error.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 6

Kit used: European style twist pen kit
As far as the blank, there was really nothing too special. Its was a nice piece of clear hard maple. The challenge was to get the cross to start and stop in the right place once the pen was turned. I added a red band in the middle of the pen to complement the red cross... and that I don't really like the bands that come with the pen kit.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 7

Kit used: WallStreet 2 in Black Titanium
Pen has a Maple Burl center, surrounded by curly Walnut. Pedals/Scallops are made from white Corian and a Navy/Purple with white spec Corian round out the top and bottom. Aluminum sheeting is used to separate each of the materials. Finish is with CA Glue polished to 12k grit.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 8

Kit used: Gearshift antique pewter kit from PSI
I wanted to pair this pen kit to a wood that exuded class and luxury. I chose this dark wood. After turning it, I sanded to 600, then I went to micro mesh to 12000. I didnt want too much of a shine as I preferred to have a warmer, deeper, richer finish on the wood, so I simply used Hut crystal polish and put about 10 coats on.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 9

Kit used: Southwest Twist Pen Kit – PennStateInd
SWPEN Twist pen with separate segments using mesquite, walnut, yellow heart and koa. Accented with plastic accents and use of turquoise True stone to complement the pen clip and center ring of the SWPWNKIT.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 10

Kit used: SPW Royale in Gun Metal
This pen is made up of 227 pieces and lots of CA. I first split a blank both ways and sandwiched a piece of plastic sandwiched between two pieces of wenge veneer. I then turned it round and drilled for the tube. I cut slices off the rounded blank and glued them on the tube, slightly twisting and alternating between slices of the blank and red plastic cutting sheet material.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 11

Kit used: Celtic
I used a stabilized & turquoise-dyed box elder blank from PSI for this pen. I made my own bushings from delrin then used a carbide turning tool to shape the blank. The blank was sanded through 12000 micromesh and finished with 4 coats of thin CA.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 12

Kit used: Hybrid Cigar - Black Ti/Platinum
This pen was made from a 50 cent comic book from the used book store. The top part of the blank is formed of glued (then stabilized) layers of the comic book. The bottom blank was made by fixing/rolling the comic book directly to the tube. The bottom blank has a lot of depth, and i thought i was really lucky to actually see the dialog boxes - one containing 'Thor' - which this was a Thor comic book (1998 #1 Heroes Return).

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 13

Kit used: Artisan European in Rhodium
Blank is a Snowbound Mesh from Exotic Blanks. I thought it went well with the Rhodium European. Finished by wet sanding to 12000 and a final polish with "One Step."

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 14

Kit used: Gatsby
Amboyna Burl with a CA/BLO finish.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 15

Kit used: Gatsy by PSI
This is a Thin Blue Line Pen made for fellow Law Enforcement. The kit is from PSI and the blank is an Alumilite blank from Zac Higgins over at NVWoodwerks.com. Thanks Zak! The pen is sanded to 12k MM, then polished with Hut Ultra Gloss.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 16

Kit used: Cigar
For this pen I chose a simple, yet elegant piece of lightly spalted live oak. I used a chrome Cigar kit and a light, satin CA finish help to show off and highlight the beautiful, interlocking grain and very light, scattered spalting in this piece of wood.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 17

Kit used: Tec-7 Twist Pen from PSI
Blanks were cut from an Oregon Big-Leaf Maple, from a highly figured burl section. All the details on this pen are naturally occurring, nothing was added to the wood. Blanks were turned, sanded to 1500 grit, stained with natural (basically colorless) wood stain, finished with cyanoacrylate, and polished with micromesh to 12000 grit. Touch stylus option that came with the kit was used instead of an end cap.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 18

Kit used: PSI Vertex Click Pen Kit
I like the simple lines and smooth operation of the Vertex Click. I also like the use of bird feathers to make a blank. The intricate patterns in the feathers are very attractive. I bought a Mixed Feather blank made by JohnU (member) which had been designed and made for a different pen kit. I added a piece of wood (Lignum Vitae) to each end of the blank so that it would fit the Vertex. No modifications were made to any part of the Vertex pen kit and all parts were used.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 19

Kit used: Cigar in Chrome finish
The wood is Padauk with black and white plastic accented with aluminum flashing. The wide stripe is some 1/4" leather I had laying around. I used CA for my finish. If you like orange dust everywhere Padauk is the wood for you.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 20

Kit used: This is a brand new kit that is not yet on the market. This is a twist pen. The blank material is Cebloplast drilled and, turned on the lathe without bushings.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 21

Kit used: Gatsby Grande in Gunmetal
Timer is flamed, spalted, stabilized Box Elder. Finish is CA and BLO.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 22

Kit used: Artisan Aero Chrome/Black Titanium
I used tube in casting, painting the tube with nail polish, then using small round embellishments, made the pattern on the blank. I cast in Silmar 41 to finish it out. Then the usual, turned, finished, and assembled the pen.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 23

Kit used: Cigar Pen
This spalted Magnolia blank was cross cut from a large block. I stabilized it before turning it for this cigar pen. The finish is a CA/ BLO finish followed by Novus 3 & 2 and buffing.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 24

Kit used: Satin Copper Cigar
This eight-loop Celtic knot started with an oversized (nearly 1") cherry blank milled to an octagon. The segments in the loop were constructed of colored veneer; a gray strip was sandwiched between two white strips, which then was sandwiched between two burgundy strips. The eight-loop knot was constructed just like a four loop knot, except there are eight kerf cuts referenced off of the octagon faces in a 1, 5, 3, 7, 2, 6, 4, 8 order. The pin stripes were made from the same veneer as the knot material. The kerfs were ripped the length of the lower barrel blank to a depth just short of the diameter of the brass tube. The finish was CA, and the plating is satin copper.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 25

Kit used: Concava ballpoint kit
I liked the yellow and black colors and the black pen kit complimented the yellow to such an extent, it was impossible not to make. It spells style and is timeless in a modern and technology age.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 26

Kit used: Long Click
This pen is crafted from rare vintage "Blue Lizard" cellulose acetate. Polished to a deep shine, the blue "scales" in this antique plastic shimmer in the light.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 27

Kit used: Liberty
This pen uses Ebony wood as a base. I turned the wood down a bit past the bushings, sanded it and cleaned it. Then made a design in pencil on it. I painted it with acrylic paints and finally finished it with applying colored pencil to give it some depth. The wood shows through around the design so you get to appreciate both the wood and design. Finally sealed it and put a CA finish on it to protect the design and used micro mesh and water to smooth it out and finally I buffed it to a shine.

 

[bobleibo]

Pen 28

Kit used: SPW LE ROI ROYALE IN RHODIUM
"All inlace with a little copper." Love to turn inlace acrylester, which I know some people hate. Wanted to do something with all the cut-offs so I glued up a bunch of segments separated by 0.025" copper sheeting, drilled out for the tube, then turned. Actually turned nicer than a straight piece of inlace, probably because I took my time with the copper segmenting. Thanks for looking!

 

[bobleibo]

Don't forget to vote

Good morning everyone
.....as you go about your busy day, please take a moment to show your appreciation for the
hard work these folks have put into creating these terrific pens and vote for your favorite 5.
Rewards and riches are at stake here and only you will decide who they go to~ ​

 

[bobleibo]

VOTE

We've had almost 600 people view this thread and the fantastic pens in it but only 47 have voted so far.
I know it's hard to decide but we know you can do it, just focus~ show these folks some IAP lovin' and
VOTE VOTE VOTE ​

 

[jttheclockman]

Darn it. I swear I was still looking at Mike's match the pen to pen maker contest with all these pens. my eyes are still bugging out from that. This is really always a popular contest. I wonder why that is??? Fantastic work and the contestants did their job in making it hard for us to do our's. I picked 5 but could easily added to that list. Good luck to all. be proud of your work.

 

[stonepecker]

When you add my choices up......my total is 65.
Now I see that just over 100 people have voted.


WE NEED YOUR VOTE NOW. Call your friends...... Text your buddies....... You know what to do.

 

[Dale Lynch]

This was alot to take in the first few viewings.Way to go pen makers,they are great.

 

[Brian G]

Took me a long time to make my decisions. This is an outstanding showing.

Round Two will be twice as difficult.

 

[stonepecker]

Took me a long time to make my decisions. This is an outstanding showing.

Round Two will be twice as difficult.

:biggrin: Only for the guys with pins in their fingers.

 

[bobleibo]

With so many people entering and showing us some terrific skills, it will be very hard to decide.
Please take a moment to look thru all of these entries and choose your favorite 5.

 

[Rockytime]

Very difficult to pick only five. So many great pens.

 

[bobleibo]

SPECIAL NOTICE:
When round #1 is complete, we will NOT reveal the actual vote count. The reason for this is so as not to influence any of the votes in round #2.

The top 10 entries will move on to round #2. At the end of round #2, we will reveal the actual results for round #1 and the overall winners.

I hope everyone understands the rationale behind this....., now please vote!

 

[bobleibo]

round 2

Round #1 of voting is now closed.

Pens 1 - 9 each had a different # of votes. We then had 3 pens tied for the 10th spot therefore we will move each of them onto round #2.

Stay tuned for poll #2 announcements~