Dai Sensei
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Whist cutting some of my Purple Gidgee (Acacia carneorum) I got a couple of pretty spiffy pen blank shorts from the scraps. They are a butterfly pair with beautiful feather grain, but not from a fork, actually around a small fault within the log.
I haven't made a pen for quite a while so decided to make a special pen out of the blanks and gave a Blingless Harvest (from Timberbits) a go. Actually all the little fiddly bits are a real pain to make, especially the clip slither that has to be had shaped, hand sanded then hand finished. It came from a small slice I took off one corner of the cap blank to ensure the grain matched the cap. The colour is more purple than shown and will go a darker purple in time.
Ended up turning a fair bit of the blanks and bits on Gawdelpus's (John) metal lathe with his help to ensure accurate sizes as his lathe has the digital read outs. This is the last pen we will ever make together, as he passed away suddenly on Monday, so it now will remain with me as a very special pen.
I haven't made a pen for quite a while so decided to make a special pen out of the blanks and gave a Blingless Harvest (from Timberbits) a go. Actually all the little fiddly bits are a real pain to make, especially the clip slither that has to be had shaped, hand sanded then hand finished. It came from a small slice I took off one corner of the cap blank to ensure the grain matched the cap. The colour is more purple than shown and will go a darker purple in time.
Ended up turning a fair bit of the blanks and bits on Gawdelpus's (John) metal lathe with his help to ensure accurate sizes as his lathe has the digital read outs. This is the last pen we will ever make together, as he passed away suddenly on Monday, so it now will remain with me as a very special pen.