Wouldn't it be nice if EAGLE and Russ....

[PenMan1]

Were commemorated in the 1,000,000th post?

I know I learned a million things from these two!

Eagle, Rus!

 

[PenMan1]

Eagle, Rus!

 

[ken69912001]

Here here

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Andy, I knew Eagle and spoke to him often , never had the pleasure of knowing Russ, but have read almost everthing Russ had ever written and with Eagle the learning curve never has stopped, one of his sayings to me was Damn it Roy it's just a piece of freaking wood if you freak it up I'll send you another. Damn they're both missed.

 

[PenMan1]

Eagle didn't invent segmented blanks, nor did Russ Fairfield invent CA finishing on a pen.
BUT these two definitely advanced pen making to a whole new level and both were eager to share with those of us just starting out.

 

[bensoelberg]

Agreed. Never spoke to either of them, but I feel a little bit of a connection to Russ since the Memorial contest during the last bash and through watching his videos.

 

[PenMan1]

I learned from Eagle that VIRTUALLY ANYTHING can be used to accelerate the CA cure, INCLUDING his favorite, cigarette smoke.

From Russ, I learned that blue shop towels really nice job on CA.

 

[GoodTurns]

One of my prized possessions is an pen made from an Eagle blank. I did not know hime but learned much from him. Russ was always willing to help anyone who would ask, like many here. Thanks to both (and all)

 

[Seer]

Why not have 2 different challenges in the bash One for Eagle to see if we can imitate his blank work and a Russ challenge?

 

[witz1976]

Why not have 2 different challenges in the bash One for Eagle to see if we can imitate his blank work and a Russ challenge?

whoa...that would be interesting to see, but I wonder how many would enter

 

[soligen]

There was a Russ challenge last year - hopefully we will do it again!