First the background, then the question.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a news item about the rescue (and planned restoration) of one of the Dunkirk Little Ships which had been abandoned and was being vandalised and scavenged for firewood on Canvey Island. A rescue group (soon to become a trust) transported it back to its home port of Burnham on Crouch in Essex. There a team of enthusiasts are currently beginning to do some of the preparatory for restoration of The Vanguard - a 45ft long Oyster dredger which in its working life plied the rivers Crouch and Roach?
It is the last remaining ship (of three) from the port which sailed to Dunkirk and is estimated to have played a part in saving around 600 lives.
As the image below shows - restoration is going to be a sizeable job - especially as there is significant fire damage in the centre of the ship.
Anyway, like you do when an idea gets your attention I contacted the fellow in charge. I put to him that small pieces of wood salvaged from the ship whilst carrying out the restoration could be turned into pens and other saleable items and that I would be willing to support their project (in a small way) by making some pens.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I now have a dozen or so planks, mouldings and other salvaged pieces of timber - all sitting in a dry airy place - a few small pieces have already been cut and blanks made-up for some sample pens that I plan to make in the next few days.
Now here's the question that the fellow in charge has asked - Is it possible to engrave each pen or the central ring of each pen with something like: " CK69 Vanguard - a Dunkirk little ship " ?
My own thoughts are that this would be very difficult to achieve in this way and with so much text.
What do you folks think?
What would you think some of the better options are?
Any suggestions, ideas, thoughts would be more than welcome.
Thanks
Tony
A couple of weeks ago I saw a news item about the rescue (and planned restoration) of one of the Dunkirk Little Ships which had been abandoned and was being vandalised and scavenged for firewood on Canvey Island. A rescue group (soon to become a trust) transported it back to its home port of Burnham on Crouch in Essex. There a team of enthusiasts are currently beginning to do some of the preparatory for restoration of The Vanguard - a 45ft long Oyster dredger which in its working life plied the rivers Crouch and Roach?
It is the last remaining ship (of three) from the port which sailed to Dunkirk and is estimated to have played a part in saving around 600 lives.
As the image below shows - restoration is going to be a sizeable job - especially as there is significant fire damage in the centre of the ship.
Anyway, like you do when an idea gets your attention I contacted the fellow in charge. I put to him that small pieces of wood salvaged from the ship whilst carrying out the restoration could be turned into pens and other saleable items and that I would be willing to support their project (in a small way) by making some pens.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I now have a dozen or so planks, mouldings and other salvaged pieces of timber - all sitting in a dry airy place - a few small pieces have already been cut and blanks made-up for some sample pens that I plan to make in the next few days.
Now here's the question that the fellow in charge has asked - Is it possible to engrave each pen or the central ring of each pen with something like: " CK69 Vanguard - a Dunkirk little ship " ?
My own thoughts are that this would be very difficult to achieve in this way and with so much text.
What do you folks think?
What would you think some of the better options are?
Any suggestions, ideas, thoughts would be more than welcome.
Thanks
Tony