Ok all, the voting ending last night. The official winner of the 2011 Freestyle contest, as voted by his peers here on the forum, is:
Jeff Powell aka----- workinforwood with his Hand Cut Leaves Casting w/Brass Hardware.
Congrats Jeff on a great pen that captured the hearts of the majority of the voters.
1<sup>st</sup> runner up (2<sup>nd</sup> place) is: John Hebert aka-----hebertjo with his Stained Glass/Alternate Bone w/ Sterling Silver Clip Pen.
Congrats on making the finals and entering such a worthy piece of craftsmanship.
2<sup>nd</sup> runner up (3<sup>rd</sup> place) goes to last years' winner: Michael Redburn aka-----mredburn with his Sterling Silver Opal Inlayed Pen.
Congrats on your second consecutive appearance in the finals.
I want to Personally thank all of the participants this year. Everyone keeps pushing the envelope and by doing so forces everyone to do better than they have done before. My judges were very stressed in narrowing this great field of entrants. Everyone of you were winners in my eyes CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!:RockOn:
Jeff Powell aka----- workinforwood with his Hand Cut Leaves Casting w/Brass Hardware.
Congrats Jeff on a great pen that captured the hearts of the majority of the voters.
1<sup>st</sup> runner up (2<sup>nd</sup> place) is: John Hebert aka-----hebertjo with his Stained Glass/Alternate Bone w/ Sterling Silver Clip Pen.
Congrats on making the finals and entering such a worthy piece of craftsmanship.
2<sup>nd</sup> runner up (3<sup>rd</sup> place) goes to last years' winner: Michael Redburn aka-----mredburn with his Sterling Silver Opal Inlayed Pen.
Congrats on your second consecutive appearance in the finals.
I want to Personally thank all of the participants this year. Everyone keeps pushing the envelope and by doing so forces everyone to do better than they have done before. My judges were very stressed in narrowing this great field of entrants. Everyone of you were winners in my eyes CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!:RockOn: