veterans

A few pens for BVUK made from various materials.

Two pen stands & Pen made from corian. The chrome logo copies ‘The Lads’ a statue of blinded soldiers waiting to be led off the battlefield. This has become a symbol of Blind Veterans UK.

Garno paid me a visit today and made a very very nice donation of his lathe and some chisels to our veterans it’s a very nice little lathe which will be a massive help with PTSD I have thought many veterans to do Woodturning and they all say what a big help it is when turning the demons that...

A thank you letter from Blind Veterans UK Apart from those mentioned in the letter I would like to thank Silver & Phil Dart for their donations to me to make up pens for my charity & to everyone who took part in the auctions. Blind Veterans UK Queens Road​ Llandudno Conwy LL30 1UT T: 01492...

I made this bowl yesterday and put it up for auction till 21:00 hours tonight so far it has reached £150. For our veterans

Made this set to auction it raised £100 on the bidding but the guy paid me £150 good init got enough now th buy our 4th lathe set up for veterans

Not been around much lately started a new venture for our veterans setting up workshops by donating everything needed for veterans to do woodturning mainly pens from lathes and chucks to pen kits and these are some of the things I have been making to raise the funds to do this

This is one of two slimline for a member of Blind Veterans UK.

Made a few new pens as fundraisers for our veterans

Took a day of from pens today and knocked this little Ash bowl up to auction tonight for our veterans

Had a fantastic week at Blind Veterans UK teaching just a few turning skills and seeing the look of absolute joy and pride on their faces was worth far more than any payment no matter how big just seeing their confidence grow from day to day magic pure magic

I had a run across to Llandudno yesterday to call and see two old stalwarts of our forum, Woody and Bill Mooney. It’s an amazing place and the work done there to help visually impaired veterans has to be seen. I watched/helped Woody guide a blind chap on the lathe and assist him in making a pen...

I made this Omega pen with Denya wood from the stables of the blues and Royals and put it up for auction so far it has reached £150 every penny is for our veterans

Made a few pens today as fundraisers 5 Poppy 1 WWl war poem 1 Lancashire bomber and the spirit of its crew, 1 Royal Marine veterans badge, 1 war poster which some of the old folk on here will remember lol and 1 onion flag

Just wanted to let you all know, this pen and box raised £350 in the Auction. But got an request for another and they have matched the winning bid. So that's an amazing £700 raised for the blind veterans charity. Brad

Graeme Taylor & I have been friends on this Pen forum for a few years now & I met him for the first time at Coventry last weekend. He said he would send me a few ‘bits & pieces’ to help my fundraising for Blind Veterans UK, his box of goodies arrived on Friday. Thank you very much Graeme, the...

9 slimline pens dressed in corian for Blind Veterans UK fundraisers.

John (fortress) sent me his pen of the week cross cut zebrano omega as a fund raiser for Blind Veterans UK thank you very much for your generosity.:thumbs:

I bought one of Brad Herrington’s beautiful time piece blanks for the boss & he sent me one to make up for Blind Veterans. The red pen is Evelyn’s & the black one is for Blind Veterans UK which is to be raffled at a special event to maximise the proceeds. THANK YOU SO MUCH Brad it is very much...

An acrylic slimline for our veterans.