New pen for the new year.

[alpha1]

A Mistral fountain pen. I like this kit. Not a very good picture.

 

[Hallelujahal]

Nice, though it’s not a kit I’ve had a great deal of success with, my fault nothing to do with the kit.
However you’ve really done it justice somebody’s going to love it!

 

[flexi]

The Mistral is a beautiful kit and needs dressing well....is that one of Vinces old premium cellulose blanks??

 

[alpha1]

The Mistral is a beautiful kit and needs dressing well....is that one of Vinces old premium cellulose blanks??

Yes I believe it is one of vinces blanks.

 

[alpha1]

What never ceases to surprise me is the reception I get from the Woodturners Club I recently joined. They are all amazing woodturners but when I show a pen especially if it’s a kittles pen. They get super excited and want know how it was done.
I have noticed some of them do make pens but they tend to be the cheap and chearfull ones probably to show new turners how it can be done.
I will try and re educate them. LOL

 

[Adal6]

Very nice Dave

 

[Bill Mooney]

That looks a beautiful pen Dave.

 

[Tom.1946]

A Mistral fountain pen. I like this kit. Not a very good picture.

I still make the slimline and Streamline pens, but have moved over from Sierra to Beaufort kits. However I wish I was in your woodturning club as I have never made a fountain pen nor segmented a blank or a Celtic knot. I was taught by one tutor who has now left and the other has bad health and can't always get in.....
So apart from pens, Christmas trees or snowmen, that's all I have made and only have been taught to use three tools
Roughing gouge, skew and a spindle gouge but can't always get it right as I keep taking lumps out of the trees.......

 

[howsitwork?]

I still make the slimline and Streamline pens, but have moved over from Sierra to Beaufort kits. However I wish I was in your woodturning club as I have never made a fountain pen nor segmented a blank or a Celtic knot. I was taught by one tutor who has now left and the other has bad health and can't always get in.....
So apart from pens, Christmas trees or snowmen, that's all I have made and only have been taught to use three tools
Roughing gouge, skew and a spindle gouge but can't always get it right as I keep taking lumps out of the trees.......

Tom

suggest you watch Meet the Woodturner , Pat Carroll meetthewoodturner@gmail.com .

Pat is in Ireland and there are loads of turners n groups . Maybe if you ask he might be able to put you in touch with another group or tutor ? Either way it’s worth getting in touch to get an invite to the online meetings
Alan note you’re online , can you give him any guidance ?

 

[alan morrison]

Tom

suggest you watch Meet the Woodturner , Pat Carroll meetthewoodturner@gmail.com .

Pat is in Ireland and there are loads of turners n groups . Maybe if you ask he might be able to put you in touch with another group or tutor ? Either way it’s worth getting in touch to get an invite to the online meetings
Alan note you’re online , can you give him any guidance ?

I have not come across Pat Carroll, though as there are no woodturners near me I had to learn by myself.....Internet helped.
There is a woodturning club near where Tom @Tom.1946 lives, which he probably is aware of, and they hold demonstrations every week or so.

Upcoming Events – The Wood Shed

Tom would be able to meet like minded folk there.

 

[TVS]

maybe not a good photo but it still shows the quality of your pen turning and finish nice one

 

[ValleyBoy]

Very nice! Love that kit and that resin is, I think, a Conway Stewart either Pistachio or Bracken (from memory but I may be wrong).

 

[alpha1]

Yes its a Conway Stewart blank Ash. I am a fan of Conway Stewart blanks.

 

[Gary's Pens & Turnings]

That looks really nice.