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A preacher buddy of mine asked me to make a few pens for him. He likes to use a nice pen to sign the paperwork after wedding ceremonies, then give it to the newly betrothed as a memento of the day. (I'm still trying to figure out why he came to me, since he likes nice pens.)
Between the two of us, we picked a new (to me) pen kit...something kinda fancy, seeing as how they're for weddings and all that. We settled on the Apollo Infinity kit from Penn State. Turns out they make a great-looking pen, but they're a bear to turn successfully, since the wood on the brass tubes ends up REAL thin on the smaller tube. I think it took me over a dozen pen blanks to end up with five semi-presentable pens. Of course someone who turns pens coulda probably done it with ten. :lol:
Here's what got shipped east today. The silver hardware is rhodium plated, and the gold is gold titanium plated. For some reason, the photos look grainier than the pens do in person. (Particularly the lavender box elder and the amboyna burl.) I'm hoping he likes them when he sees them...
Dyed Box Elder...
Amboyna Burl...
Walnut...
More Dyed Box Elder...
And yet even More Dyed Box Elder...
C&C, as well as general heckling and snickering, is welcome.
Between the two of us, we picked a new (to me) pen kit...something kinda fancy, seeing as how they're for weddings and all that. We settled on the Apollo Infinity kit from Penn State. Turns out they make a great-looking pen, but they're a bear to turn successfully, since the wood on the brass tubes ends up REAL thin on the smaller tube. I think it took me over a dozen pen blanks to end up with five semi-presentable pens. Of course someone who turns pens coulda probably done it with ten. :lol:
Here's what got shipped east today. The silver hardware is rhodium plated, and the gold is gold titanium plated. For some reason, the photos look grainier than the pens do in person. (Particularly the lavender box elder and the amboyna burl.) I'm hoping he likes them when he sees them...
Dyed Box Elder...
Amboyna Burl...
Walnut...
More Dyed Box Elder...
And yet even More Dyed Box Elder...
C&C, as well as general heckling and snickering, is welcome.