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Playing with a Gisi(ish) style pen blank, started off simple enough made of walnut, white oak, padauk and maple. I didn't want to waste an expensive kit on an experiment, so built it on a simple cigar kit in titanium. I like the way it turned out and will do the other blanks I have left over on some better kits.
 

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How do you cut the perfect "V" in the block at the top end of your blank ?

I cannot see any join in that piece, although I can in the smaller V-ed pieces.
 
I have never done any of this design.

But... I have viewed, many, many, many of this design - and yours is MUCH more precise than others that are thought to be "well done."

Ya dun well!!!

Very NICE!
 
A Very Attractive Pen.
Superb Choice of Materials, Pattern and Segmenting.
Beautifully and Precisely Applied as a Blank.
Outstanding Accuracy, Fit and Finish.
Congratulations.
Brian.
 
magpens said:
How do you cut the perfect "V" in the block at the top end of your blank ?

I cannot see any join in that piece, although I can in the smaller V-ed pieces.
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I just used the table saw, careful to adjust the depth to only go 1/2 way through. I did use a much wider piece and cut off the v-block when done.
 
I have commented previously, but wanted to add: You did not want to sacrifice a good kit for an experiment... But most observers (IMO) would say you sacrificed an expensive blank for a common kit (but, there is nothing wrong with the cigar kit!). Your blank and finished pen is wonderful!

Congrats on the front page - well deserved. This kind of segmenting is feasible, very rewarding, but daunting; you executed very well.
 
Very nice job! The pen looks great and the joints are very precise. Great color combination as well. The photo is a bit dark and off-white... easy to fix with a photo editor (before and after pics attached below). I see your latest photos are looking much better. Keep up the great work and congrats on the front page!
 

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Very nice and very "crisp" lines. What glue did you use on the segments? What would you call a "nicer" kit?
 
That did come out very well. Nice segmenting. Lets see what you come up with next. Welcome to world of segmenting.

My Home Page still has candy wrapers.
 
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