toddlajoie
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Some recent pens that I thought came out OK:
I've been missing the feeling of wood replaced by the smooth CA finish, so I decided to make a few pens going back to the Hut PPP wax sticks for a while. I really liked the feel of these that I did before I had the CA down, so, yea they may not last as long, but while they do last, they feel GREAT!!
These are 3 of 4 blanks I got as an Asian Burl Sample Pack, 2 of the blanks were labeled as woods I've never heard of before, and could find little or no other information or other samples of, so if anyone has any info or other names they go by, I'm all ears...
Ambonya Burl on a Platinum Euro
Livenga Burl on Black Ti Euro (not sure about this wood name)
Sindora Burl on Platinum Euro (not sure about this wood name)
I'd never done any of the wider CB Slim styles, so I decided to check out what Woodcraft calls the Toni Twist, not sure what other names it goes by, but here's a tulipwood and an Asian Swirl Acrylic
I had seen quite a few posts talking smack about the Sedona pen kit, and I had never done one, but figured I would give it a shot, considering how much I like the nearly identical Navigator. This is Bamboo on a Chrome Sedona, and I think I like the Sedona just as much if not more than the Nav...
I had made a Sketch Pencil with Stabilized Buckeye Burl nearly a year ago soon after I started making pens, and had been using it as my shop pencil when doing some stuff around the house. I managed to loose it many months ago when tiling our bathroom floor, and recently found it while cleaning the yard for the fall, I was surprised that it survived the summer exposed to the elements this well. The lead was warped and waterlogged, but the wood, considering it is stabilized but unfinished, held up quite well and it really just needed to have the dirt and grass wiped off of it.
Now for the shame of showing the fruition of a bad idea. Recent threads on making pens without tubes brought to mind the idea of making a pen with just only the ends of the tubes glued in, and the minimal hole drilled through, just enough for the refill to fit through. I figured it would look pretty cool, but it turns out I was wrong... Here's the abomination, rendered in canarywood on a chrome Navigator.
I know, it's hideous, but hey, we have to live up to our mistakes... Kick away...
I've been missing the feeling of wood replaced by the smooth CA finish, so I decided to make a few pens going back to the Hut PPP wax sticks for a while. I really liked the feel of these that I did before I had the CA down, so, yea they may not last as long, but while they do last, they feel GREAT!!
These are 3 of 4 blanks I got as an Asian Burl Sample Pack, 2 of the blanks were labeled as woods I've never heard of before, and could find little or no other information or other samples of, so if anyone has any info or other names they go by, I'm all ears...
Ambonya Burl on a Platinum Euro
Livenga Burl on Black Ti Euro (not sure about this wood name)
Sindora Burl on Platinum Euro (not sure about this wood name)
I'd never done any of the wider CB Slim styles, so I decided to check out what Woodcraft calls the Toni Twist, not sure what other names it goes by, but here's a tulipwood and an Asian Swirl Acrylic
I had seen quite a few posts talking smack about the Sedona pen kit, and I had never done one, but figured I would give it a shot, considering how much I like the nearly identical Navigator. This is Bamboo on a Chrome Sedona, and I think I like the Sedona just as much if not more than the Nav...
I had made a Sketch Pencil with Stabilized Buckeye Burl nearly a year ago soon after I started making pens, and had been using it as my shop pencil when doing some stuff around the house. I managed to loose it many months ago when tiling our bathroom floor, and recently found it while cleaning the yard for the fall, I was surprised that it survived the summer exposed to the elements this well. The lead was warped and waterlogged, but the wood, considering it is stabilized but unfinished, held up quite well and it really just needed to have the dirt and grass wiped off of it.
Now for the shame of showing the fruition of a bad idea. Recent threads on making pens without tubes brought to mind the idea of making a pen with just only the ends of the tubes glued in, and the minimal hole drilled through, just enough for the refill to fit through. I figured it would look pretty cool, but it turns out I was wrong... Here's the abomination, rendered in canarywood on a chrome Navigator.
I know, it's hideous, but hey, we have to live up to our mistakes... Kick away...