potw73

Elm in gold, Yew in Rose, and Silver Birch in gunmetal.

well this weekend pen is finished and for a wooden pen it holds lot of interest in it's grain while sanding and finishing the paper tissue colored red. anyway hear goes Thank you for looking and as always C&C welcome James

I absolutely love the result of Ebony, tough wood to work with though as it is very brittle.

Happy with how this turned out, burnishing after sanding did the trick :-) Will see how this now holds up to proper use, it is going to my wife to use for work as a community Nurse. Honduras Rosewood gold click pen.

Didn't get as good a shine on this one. I'm following Phil's Melamine advice, but doing it from memory so I suspect I missed a step or two. Will read it again and make bullet points of each step and hang it on the wall behind my lathe :-)

Much faster at these since using Phil's finishing technique. This took maybe 1.5hr from untouched blank to finished item. Spend too much time sanding though, need to get braver turning down to the bushes.

Very happy with how this turned out, and glad to not be using CA :-)

I've been having sleepless nights dreaming of making this pen waiting for the bits to arrive. Ebony and Rhodium plated Mistral fountain pen. My favourite project to date and this more than replaces the Mont Blanc I recently sold to pay for pen turning bits ;-) (not sure why the picture has...

Has anyone had experience of making these? I ordered a couple of kits, have made one up. It's a lovely looking pen, save for the white marks, which are my fault. But the mechanism keeps sticking. Should steer clear of click mechanism pens I guess....

Hi all, New to the forum. Been turning for a wee while but just a few months doing pens. Have a passion for fountain pens and mechanical pencils as I also do portrait art and use both in my art. Had owned a Mont Blanc Meisterstuck 146 for 15 years until I realised I can make luxury pens of...

Yep I turned a new pen this weekend much easier than my last pen (haha) anyway here it is CA finish with sanding up to 2000 wet and dry then polished with three mop system as always C&C welcome. James :goesred:

PICK A MIX PENS 12 different pens from Left to Right starting from A to L How it will work, if you like the pens as indicated from photos you would just say the letter of it. If you like a certain pen but would like a different wood you would say eg Type A and wood E. All these pens will be...

Spent best part of two days modifying my machine,had fun ,next challenge coming up. Peter.:goesred:

Hi all, my latest commission..... I was asked to do a 'green' fountain pen in the last throws to what passed as Christmas. I did a double dyed blank which I thought was stunning... But she wanted a hybrid!!... Well I ordered a couple from a certain turner turn caster and they 'melted' just...

Epsillon in Pistachio which I had of Neil a couple of years ago with a lot of plans and ego! I guess its better late than never. Finished with Melamine Lacquer.

Hello! its me, keep popping in to have a look at what you are all doing. Well I haven't been turning many pens lately as lost sense of feelings in my fingers and can't feel the edges of the bushes and added to that can't stand that long either its been a bit of a challenge.. Added to that I...

Well well well it's finished but it was kicking and screaming all the way to the end. It even had a repair before finial sanding so this pen is made in Elm Burr w/ Blue & Orange Resin I was going to turn in wood first but then Ash suggested I make my first pen in acrylic for the ease of making...

Just turned one of my Faux Abalone blanks, I’m absolutely loving these blanks.

Hi everyone, I haven’t been here for a couple of years as I had to stop making pens. However, Over the past couple of weeks I’ve started again, so I thought I’d show you this one made from one of the acrylic blanks from Phil’s shop. It’s an ergonomic oblique calligraphy penholder, for those...