First pen since Christmas

[darbytee]

After two months I finally got my new bandsaw up and running and got my shop in the new house organized enough to turn a pen. It's nothing fancy: Walnut burl black chrome cigar pen, with a BLO/CA finish topped with TSW. Man it was nice to turn again. Thanks for looking.

 

[Gregory Huey]

From what I can see in the picture that is a nice piece of burl and some great turning as well. How do you go two months with out a wood dust fix?

 

[melogic]

Great job Fred! Kinda like riding a bicycle, once you learn you never forget.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Nice pen Fred!!! Glad you're back turning---always fun to get back to it!!

 

[DCBluesman]

You didn't miss a beat! Beautiful pen and a nice piece of walnut burl to display.

 

[tipusnr]

Nice looking pen. Wonder what it would look like with a gold kit to contrast the dark burl?

 

[Gary]

I agree...if you have any more of that wood you should try it with a gold kit.

 

[wdcav1952]

Hey Fred,
Glad you can turn between flights! I've got a piece of your madrone burl and the osage orange burl gluing up tonight. I hope I can do your wood proud.
Lest I forget, nice pen!

 

[Fleabit]

You must have been a wreck without having done a turn! Drives me nuts just to wait for the weekend (I work long hours sigh)! The walnut is great looking and the pen overall is sweet! I do agree with above....gold would give it a better "snap". But that is me...I like traditional gold look!

 

[KKingery]

Nice job Fred! A little time away did'nt hurt one bit!

 

[darbytee]

Thanks for the kind words and the critiques. It definitely wasn't easy to look at my lathe and other tools and not be able to turn for that long. I fretted over the pen kit and whether to use gold or black. I'll do another one with the gold and see how it comes out. Again, it's great to be back turning!!

 

[jwoodwright]

Great Looking pen. Like the kit.[]