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I was updating my inventory stuff and noticed there were 5 statesmen pens or kits missing or unaccounted for. I had the kits but not the pens nor records of selling them. So, I started searching and found them hiding in my shop. They were made last summer. I'll not show them all, but I do want to show two.

This snakewood pen was turned to almost finished dia. and allowed to sit in the shop until it cracked. The crack was repaired with a CA-sanding dust slurry then the pen was finished. It has no cracks now. It has not cracked...hiding in the shop with heat, cold, humidity, and dryness. I had to look very hard to actually find the (repaired) crack. No one else I've shown the pen to can find it. Not much wood nicer than a nice piece of snakewood. enjoy!
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Next, is an olivewood statesman. Nothing special, just a nice piece of wood.
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This next pen is not a statesman, but a modified slimline. The wood is Osage Orange and the pen was made as a gift to an uncle who is giving me all of the OO I can carry off from some trees he had pushed over last December. I must hurry, they will be burned this winter.
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Lastly, a couple of snake skin pens. One is a chrome baron and the other is a chrome cigar.
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I'm off to the Ozarks in AR (later this evening) for a long labor day weekend. I hope all have a great holiday weekend.

Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
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They are all nice, of course, but I really like the simplicity of the OO!!!

But your skins are gorgeous, also (as always!!)
 
Thanks Guys for the comments. The other statesmen pens I found were tulipwood, bocote, and cocoboo but the coco went to my son...He has been asking for another for several months...He loves cocobolo and this was a blank from Bill Jacob, aka ilikewood...really nice one.

Glenn: You may come and snoop all you want...Want to know when I'm starting on the cabinets?[:D]

Eric: I bought some of those vitamins but can't remember where I put them.

Frank: I've got all my wife will let me stack but each time I go down I find another nice chunk to bring back. I've been turning some really nice OO bowls.

Gerry: Snakewood may just be my favorite...as long as the figure is realy stricking. I've bought some with none at all.

Gary: and they were lost for a year. I made them over the 4th of July holiday last year, if I remember correctly.

Ed: I really like making the snake skin pens and my blanks look so much better than they did when I first started. We've all helped in improving our casting techniques in the last couple of years. What shall we start improving now? I really like the pens on the home page at the moment. Maybe I'll take up segmenting. The master himself, Ron Mc lives just a couple of hours away...Road Trip.

GK: I lose track of lots of stuff...usually a tool I just used 10 minutes ago.

Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
Don,

I think we must both be suffering from mentalpause at this point. I too will set a tool down turn around to grab it again and find it isn't "where I just put it!". [8]

Oh well, I'm very happy for you that you found those gorgeous pens!!

GK
 
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