Voting thread for the 2011 Casing Challenge

[EBorraga]

The judges have narrowed to 15. They are not in any particular order. You are voting for your 4 favorite pens. The voting will end in 7 days. If there is a tie, we will have a 2 day vote off.

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[boxerman]

I just pick my 4 and voted.

 

[EBorraga]

The box to vote is above each pen, except 1, which is to the left of it.

Please vote for 4 pens, which are the 4 that you like the most.
The random drawing will be held when the final votes are in.
Thanks again Curtis for straightening me out!!

 

[pfde4]

My votes are in.

 

[Dalecamino]

Voted! Thanks for your hard work Ernie!

 

[BigShed]

Done, great job, sorry to see it caused you so much aggro.

 

[seamus7227]

How many brew ha ha's you put down so far?! oh, and I voted too! I want to say thank you to all the entrants and everyone else that participated.

 

[hunter-27]

voted, amazing work

 

[ohiococonut]

Just voted. All I can say is WOW! I am impressed.
It's just too bad you have to pick only four. I think they are ALL winners.

 

[G1Pens]

Thanks for the work and extra effort, Ernie. My votes are in.

 

[traderdon55]

It was tough picking just four because they all look like winners but I did my duty and voted.

 

[simomatra]

I have picked my 4, lots of good stuff there

 

[edicehouse]

I voted for 4 of them. Like many said really hard to pick just 4

 

[seamus7227]

I wish my Entry picture was not so blurry It looks good here though

 

[USNR'03]

I cannot believe how it was the choose only 4, they were ALL outstanding!!

 

[Bill Bulloch]

Narrowing it down to four was really hard. Great job by all. Good luck.

 

[workinforwood]

Good luck everyone!

 

[bitshird]

I just voted and it was a hard choice, I've never seen the variety and talent of this years contest. The bar just got raised a long way from the simple cartridge case with a slimline nib and an antler top, to some amazing and quite artistic pens. Congratulations to everyone that entered..

 

[65GTMustang]

Are any of the other entries considered for anything?
Or is it only down to the judges pick?
To be honest I was not expecting an elimination round?
Did I miss something when reading the rules in the beginning?

 

[animefan]

My votes are in.

 

[G1Pens]

Are any of the other entries considered for anything?
Or is it only down to the judges pick?
To be honest I was not expecting an elimination round?
Did I miss something when reading the rules in the beginning?

I also questioned this. To the best of my knowledge there was nothing in the rules about a "judges selection"

I think we are still in the drawing from all entries....at least I hope we are.

 

[D.Oliver]

15 might be the maximum choices the poll funtion allows. If you look at the Test 1-2-3 fourm Ernie was having some "glitches" yesterday.

 

[65GTMustang]

I was a last minute entry in fact it may have been the last one posted at 11:00pm -IDK-
But I worked about 16 - 18 hours on my desk set. Aside from turning the barrel of the revolver cylinder everything else was hand carved it was a loot of work and what I thought was very creative? Everyone has an opinion.
It just a major let down is all.

 

[seamus7227]

Well, it looks like we have had some good voting going on! Come on people that havent voted, it only takes a second to do this!

 

[hunter-27]

I was a last minute entry in fact it may have been the last one posted at 11:00pm -IDK-
But I worked about 16 - 18 hours on my desk set. Aside from turning the barrel of the revolver cylinder everything else was hand carved it was a loot of work and what I thought was very creative? Everyone has an opinion.
It just a major let down is all.

First off this is only an observation. I have no "dog in the fight", as I did not enter.

I did look back to your original posting of your entry. You even stated "As for the Casing Contest the desk top holder may not be just what makes the grade". This leads me to believe you already suspected the possibility that this was a casing PEN challenge not a Desk Holder challenge and your entry may be suspect to being judged differently than you might wish.

Now I know that your desk set does contain casing pens and was most likely judged on the pens not the holder. It was an awesome work of art but possibly not the best entry based on the PEN(s) involved. Having ran the Freestyle contest during the Bash(Twice), I completely understand how hard it can be to see awesome entries not win due in part to the specifics of what the contest is all about. This post is only to give you a possible scenario as to why you are disappointed with the outcome. It is my sole opinion and you paid nothing for it so feel free to discard it if you wish.

Landon

 

[USAFVET98]

My votes are in! Amazing work IAP.

 

[seamus7227]

WE NEED MORE VOTERS!!!! OVER 10K MEMBERS ON IAP! It would be awesome if we at least got 1K to vote in this contest!

 

[Rick_G]

I voted, 2 jumped right out at me the next 2 were harder. Great job by all who entered, glad I don't have to be the sole judge.

Glad to see you got the poll working correctly, now write down exactly what you did for the next guy that has to do this.

 

[evjenkins]

voting

Nice work. Hard to choose 4.

 

[seamus7227]

We had a lot of good entries this year, i will agree!

 

[firewhatfire]

ok I made the my vote. Some amazing looking pens on here.

 

[EBorraga]

152 people have voted so far. It would be nice to see 500+ vote. We still have roughly 4 days left to cast your vote.

 

[Curly]

I voted and want to express my thanks for being able to participate. It was fun to say the least!

 

[65GTMustang]

I was a last minute entry in fact it may have been the last one posted at 11:00pm -IDK-
But I worked about 16 - 18 hours on my desk set. Aside from turning the barrel of the revolver cylinder everything else was hand carved it was a loot of work and what I thought was very creative? Everyone has an opinion.
It just a major let down is all.

First off this is only an observation. I have no "dog in the fight", as I did not enter.

I did look back to your original posting of your entry. You even stated "As for the Casing Contest the desk top holder may not be just what makes the grade". This leads me to believe you already suspected the possibility that this was a casing PEN challenge not a Desk Holder challenge and your entry may be suspect to being judged differently than you might wish.

Now I know that your desk set does contain casing pens and was most likely judged on the pens not the holder. It was an awesome work of art but possibly not the best entry based on the PEN(s) involved. Having ran the Freestyle contest during the Bash(Twice), I completely understand how hard it can be to see awesome entries not win due in part to the specifics of what the contest is all about. This post is only to give you a possible scenario as to why you are disappointed with the outcome. It is my sole opinion and you paid nothing for it so feel free to discard it if you wish.

Landon

I was not the only one that mentioned this on or off the thread,
I was only asking a question. I was not making this a personal "thing" out of this. I held no personal thoughts or feelings towards it, simply asking a question.

 

[Haynie]

Hard to choose. They were all really cool.

 

[lukcon]

All great looking pens . I voted for my picks good luck to all.

Lukcon

 

[seamus7227]

time its dwindling down, get your votes in!

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[boxerman]

When does it end?

 

[louisbry]

My votes are in. All of them look great!!

 

[seamus7227]

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When does it end?

not exactly sure, but i would guess on or around the 9th based on the fact that it started late on the 2nd..