Voting Poll 2 for S.E. Pretty wood pen

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Which is the prettiest wood Pen? Chose your top 3

  • Pen 1

    Votes: 24 25.5%
  • Pen 2

    Votes: 37 39.4%
  • Pen 3

    Votes: 22 23.4%
  • Pen 4

    Votes: 19 20.2%
  • Pen 5

    Votes: 6 6.4%
  • Pen 6

    Votes: 50 53.2%
  • Pen 7

    Votes: 31 33.0%
  • Pen 8

    Votes: 13 13.8%
  • Pen 9

    Votes: 35 37.2%
  • Pen 10

    Votes: 15 16.0%

  • Total voters
    94
  • Poll closed .

mredburn

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These are the second set of pens competing in the Pretty Wood Pen contest for SE 2020
Pick your top 3 favorites that will go to round 2 for the final selection.
Pen 1
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Pen 2
this is a piece of flame box elder burl.
Medium flex Heritance nib.

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Pen 3
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Pen 4
BHW Series 200 American Flat Top Dpuble Twist Rollerball Pen. The wood is Spalted Maple. The blank was sanded on the lathe up thru 2000 grit ANSI; then burnished with a soft cotton rag while spinning at ~ 2000 rpm. The finish is 2 coats of friction sanding sealer burnishing with 0000 steel wool after each coat, followed by 3 coats of friction polish, burnishing with a soft cotton rage between coats.
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Pen 5
Wood: spalted maple
Pen: PSI Tec-7
Finish: CA
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Pen 6
Bocote on a Majestic Jr. Antique Brass and Antique Pewter Rollerball
I used Glu Boost as the finish.
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Pen 7
Wood is magnolia
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Pen 8
Wood is from my neighbor's live Red Bud tree that had a limb that was dead. I offered to remove it with the offer of making him a pen with the wood. All I could see of this wood was the bark as the limb was just slightly less than 1" in diameter. I suspected that the grain pattern would be unique but I was surprised and delighted at the results. My photography is limiting the beauty of this wood.
pen 18a.jpeg

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Pen 9
The wood is from a conifer tree belonging to the Pinus genus (aka pallet wood), but the exact species is unknown to me. Hardware is a nickel Blade, the pen is finished with GluBoost.
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Pen 10
Zen rollerball with Chittum Burl.
It was finished with CA and Majic Juice.
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