In Honor and Memory

[egnald]

Greetings from Nebraska.

Today during a blizzard here in Nebraska I made a PenPal style pen in honor and memory of Peter Hay. It is a Streamline kit (Peter made many of these) in Antique Brass with a Spalted Maple Burl blank. It is finished with CA. I did my best to mimic Peter's unique design. I always enjoyed reading his posts in the forums. He was a true gentleman. We will miss you Peter.

 

[GaryMGg]

Great way to honor Peter. Excellent work.

 

[Hippie3180]

Beautiful pen and what a great way to honor a fellow pen maker.

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful work.

 

[mark james]

Superb!

 

[sorcerertd]

Love the pen and the sentiment. That's a great finish. It's quite challenging to do a CA finish on all those curves without sanding through. (it is for me, anyway.)

 

[Tanner]

That's a sweet looking pen!

 

[Sataro]

Outstanding craftsmanship!

 

[bugradx2]

wonderful pen Dave, glad to see you're back in the shop too. Great tribute

 

[egnald]

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wonderful pen Dave, glad to see you're back in the shop too. Great tribute

It's good to be back - even for just a little while. I have surgery on my left eye next Tuesday. I will really be glad when it is all over and my eyes have settled down so I can get new glasses. - Dave

 

[David350]

I was always amazed how Peter's turning skills could turn a modest pen kit into something special. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your Peter inspired pens, great job!

 

[Woodchipper]

Magnificent pen and great tribute. Yes, how did you apply CA in the grooves?

 

[Ironwood]

Nice work Dave. A great tribute to a great penturner, and very nice person.

Seeing your thread reminded me of a pen I turned quite a few years ago, also as a tribute to Peter,
I add the link to it here https://www.penturners.org/threads/white-ironbark-eucalyptus-leucoxylon.164514/

 

[egnald]

Nice work Dave. A great tribute to a great penturner, and very nice person.

Seeing your thread reminded me of a pen I turned quite a few years ago, also as a tribute to Peter,
I add the link to it here https://www.penturners.org/threads/white-ironbark-eucalyptus-leucoxylon.164514/

Very Cool. Thanks for the link. Someday I would like to find my way to Australia, but it will probably never happen. I would love to meet up with Casey Giddins (CjG78) and some of the other pen turners from Australia and New Zealand. And I would love to pack my return luggage with some of the amazing timbers from there -- especially some cross cut and diagonal cut hairy oak. We just can't get that kind of stuff here in the USA. I really do miss some of the chat conversations with Peter. - Dave