Pen for my Japanese “daughter”

[mmayo]

I taught two Japanese sisters anatomy and physiology at Los Alamitos HS. I liked both and both liked me. One became a student researcher under me at the USC Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. She was great and we have grown up together for decades. She has become a daughter to my wife and I. Twenty years ago our government decided to toss her out of the country and back to Japan. She left Japan for the US at 2 years of age. Her parents were here in a green card and thus she could not stay here. She has lived in Japan since then teaching English as she has a bachelor's degree from UC Riverside and a master's degree from North Carolina both in English. Enough rant.

She sent me origami papers for pen blanks. I asked the VERY WONDERFUL JohnU to make a couple of blanks and gave him scads of papers to make some for his sales. Of course, they came out perfect as always. Buy some when and if he sells them. Diamond Knurl Rollerball from Ed at Exotic Blanks.

This heads to Japan tomorrow.

 

[mrburls]

That is beautiful Mark

 

[InkyMike]

Wow mark- those ARE beautiful

 

[BULLWINKLE]

Exceptional ! I'd have a hard time parting with pens that awesome

 

[howsitwork]

those are incredible to view and the finish is flawless..

Wonderful work

 

[derekdd]

Wow, those are gorgeous.

I'm so sorry about your adopted Japanese daughter. It's hard to know what to do in situations like that.

 

[mark james]

Beautiful pen and a wonderful collaboration.

 

[Alan Morrison]

Perfection

 

[RDHals]

Beautiful pen, as is the collaboration and connection. Well done.

 

[mmayo]

She's in my will! My wife and I were both hurt once. That's very rare for us as usually one of us is ok. She heard about it and flew to CA to help us from Japan. Amazingly kind.

 

[Hartwell85]

Outstanding!

 

[Jim15]

Awesome pen.

 

[Woodchipper]

Beautiful. Ichi ban!

 

[JohnU]

That turned out Beautifully Mark! I'm glad they worked for you. Every time I look at that material I want to cast one for myself. Now that I know what I'm missing I think the next one is going in the "personal stash" box.
Thanks for sharing!! And for allowing me to be a part of your project!

 

[leehljp]

Beautiful work Mark. Well done. Excellent JohnU!

Close Japanese friends are very loyal and gracious! And so are you, Mark.

 

[TDahl]

Absolutely stunning. Excellent work by both you and John. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bugradx2]

that is drop dead gorgeous! Great work!
John's casting is wonderful as well!

 

[egnald]

Really Cool - everything about it. - Dave

 

[mmayo]

Thanks for all the generous positive comments. I'm sure she will be happy.

I'm told that the famous JohnU has shipped some to Ed at Exotic Blanks.

 

[bugradx2]

Thanks for all the generous positive comments. I'm sure she will be happy.

I'm told that the famous JohnU has shipped some to Ed at Exotic Blanks.

Those will sell out in a hot second