If price was no object ---- say you got all your kits and blanks free and gave all your pens away (I already know that you don't so you needn't tell me that) ---- what kind of pens would you turn?
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plantman
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I like pens that post. Gives them a more finished look and sets them apart from all the handout click or twist pens out there. Jim S
GaryMGg
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I'd do more Jr. Statesman type pens BUT I'd still do Cigars and slimlines.
There is almost no end to what can be done with slims.
There is almost no end to what can be done with slims.
CREID
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This is not a fun question!!! Really though, I think I would still agonize over what to turn for whatever the reason the pen is being turned for. Maybe even more so if it was free, with a price attached, it narrows my choices.
Curt
Curt
But Leroy......I do get my blanks and kits for free and do give them away...:tongue:
Ok, just messin':tongue:
Really though, it's not the cost of the kit or blank that makes me or prevents me from a particular pen..... The priceless part is the ability make a perfect pen. Knowing that a perfectly made Jr with a great match between kit and blank is more valuable than an Emperor with the wrong blank is the priceless part.
Having said that, there are several kits that I would like to try...like those fun steampunky things from PSI, but the cost prevents me.
I do like the Elegant Beauties ( blingless ) but they too are stupidly expensive here.
Ok, just messin':tongue:
Really though, it's not the cost of the kit or blank that makes me or prevents me from a particular pen..... The priceless part is the ability make a perfect pen. Knowing that a perfectly made Jr with a great match between kit and blank is more valuable than an Emperor with the wrong blank is the priceless part.
Having said that, there are several kits that I would like to try...like those fun steampunky things from PSI, but the cost prevents me.
I do like the Elegant Beauties ( blingless ) but they too are stupidly expensive here.
Hmmmmmm
How come I don't have one of your masterpieces in my collection then?:biggrin:
I know where you are coming from here, every now and then I have a customer from UK ask about something....Until they learn how much shipping costs and that they're going to get hit for VAT and possibly customs when the order gets there....even if it's marked as a gift.
Cos you are an argumentative old curmudgeon !! :biggrin:
It is figured out - I just don't have parts to implement it...maybe in a month or so I will.
pianomanpj
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I would try a bunch of the larger pens that Dayacom offers but no one in the US currently imports.
Kragax
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With my limited skill, I'd do a Graduate ballpoint or Oxford rollerball
I hear you...nobody imports them because money is an object to most of us.
"Price is no object"? I had to call one of the kids to ask what that meant. I like kits that show simple elegance and a nice balance between the blank and the hardware. The only blingy kit I like is the Jr. Emperor because of it's geometric style. I have a couple of customers who love bling, the more the better. Guess it's all a matter of personal taste.
steamshovel
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bolt action
Preston
Preston
Same ones I do now. Don't make enough that price would be a variable. If I think of something I want to make I just do it if I am able.
I wouldn't change - streamlines, Jr series, and nice Sierra kits...I don't like the Bling of the more expensive ones.