Closed End Pens

[tangoman]

G'Day Folks,

Ive been busy with work and visiting family but have at last got back in the workshop ! Courtesy of a wonderful birthday gift of a collet chuck from SWMBO i've made these pens-

Closed end Sedona in Gunmetal with a blank from the Woodnworkshop here in Oz.
Am generally happy with it but need to work on the proportions yet as the pen body is,I feel, a bit too short relative to the cap.

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Clsed end Sedona in Chrome and clad in Rosewood burr, with a matt finish and hidden clip. Again not perfect in the proportions - too long in the body. Also I reduced the metal showing at the cap base as I thought it looked better with less metal showing but forgot it reduces the total cap length correspondingly !

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As always - C and C welcome !

Regards to you all,
Cam

 

[OZturner]

G'day Cam,
Two Fantastic Pens,
Love your hidden Clip mount, and your Closed ends.
Excellent Selection of Blanks and Pens
Great Fit and Finish.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[mark james]

I love the timber of the first pen! Beautiful job.

Is there any finish on it, it looks great just the way it is, but possibly no finish - or burnished?

 

[tangoman]

Finish

Mark,

It's been sanded to 600 grit then had three coats of BLO then burnished witha cotton rag. I am using it at work now to see how it holds up.

Cam

 

[MikeL]

They look quite nice. The natural wood pen looks very nice. Hope it holds up to use.

 

[BJohn]

Really nice Job. Love the wood on the first pen.