Thanks karlkuehn, igran7 and bitshird

[THarvey]

I purchased this karlkuehn "fractured" blank from igran7 a few months back.

It fought me all the way to the lathe. Between the bandsaw and the drill press, it tried to escape by jumping to the concret floor. Broke a big chunk off one end. Drilled the blank off center to try to avoid the break. Glued the chunk back in place, then turned.

Did I mention that I drilled the blank off center? That is where bitshird comes into the story. My woodchuck was the perfect rescue tool, to round this blank. The carbide tool sheared the pen to a near finish size, so my skew could cut more smoothly.

LOML choose the chrome hardware. I think she made the best choice. These are two sides of the same pen.

BTW: The break was near the nib. Is it too noticible?

Thanks for looking. Comments and critiques welcome.

 

[soccer2010]

All that hard work paid off ... it's beauty.

 

[USAFVET98]

Beautiful Pen. Im not a fan of the kit but it looks great on that. Great job.

 

[Ligget]

Great save, looking good from way over here too!

 

[johncrane]

In the end you won! and they look really good :wink::biggrin:

 

[toolcrazy]

That is a beauty.

Too bad Karl isn't around, any longer. He had some gorgeous blanks.

 

[igran7]

Very nice Tim. I'm glad you put the blank to good use. I wish Karl was still around to supply us with outrageous blanks. I have about 25 Karl kuhen blanks left, I'm just waiting for that special tome to use some of them.

 

[nava1uni]

Break, what break? Nice looking pen, I really like the blank. Nicely turned.

 

[cnirenberg]

I can't see any break either from my end. Awesome looking pen.

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice save . The pen looks good .

 

[bitshird]

Tim glad to hear my Woodchuck was of some help, (what's a Skew for)? I do miss Karl's blanks, he sure had a talent for making some beautiful acrylics, as witnessed by this pen.
Nice Job!!!