Come on people are you kidding me????
I had to go back and look at the rules again. There are some really striking pens in here that would give Advanced people a run for their money hands down. I think some of you are underestimating your abilities. Wow good luck to the judges on this one. That many entries and I think you are going to have to expand the amount in the next round for this one.
I want to say here that it is a pleasure looking at all these fine pens and yes I open every Zip file which was no short order but well worth it. Good luck to all entries and there is no and I mean no losers here. I will also say I feel very confident that this site will be just fine with the talent shown here. I am hoping it does not take a contest to draw out this kind of work and talent once a year. Each and everyone of you should be showing more of your work here in the future and no excuses. I am proud and tickled pink to see so many segmented pens and it took so called midlevel people to do them. I thought I would see more in the advanced catagory but was disappointed. More than made up for it here. Good job by all. Now all you people move up next year. Man this will be tough.
Good luck all and thanks for the ride. A pleasure to look at them. Now that is pen making.