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Yes i know the mirror finish is not everyone’s cup of tea! As i have said before, its very much like marmite, you either love it or you hate it. This beautiful piece of timber came my way a while ago from a friend in the Scottish highlands. When it arrived we thought that it might be ebony...

Apt name and srong beautiful timber. Peter.:thumbs::thumbs:

Hi All, Been turning pens since a got a small wood lathe in October and really enjoying it. Had a general wood working interest for a number of years so was pretty much kitted out before I got the lathe. Working for the NHS I have found it relaxing to come home and transform a square of wood...

Bill Mooney said to me the other day .....I see you have not been on the forum lately... Not sure u could cope with some of the stuff I have been turning out ? So here is a beautiful pencil: A Beaufort ink Minstral with black titanium accents. Beautiful oak wood from a major local Cathedral

Iterations of this Timber can be beautiful as this one came up well. Peter.

3 more sierras came on Saturday from John (fortress). 1 Lest We Forget blank & 2 BVUK logo blanks. 3 beautiful pens. THANK YOU VERY MUCH John for your generosity it is very appreciated again.:thumbs:

Burled and beautiful timber in this form and others. Peter.

I posted images of the rough blanks for these a few weeks ago but have been without a lathe until the past few days. A few hours has been spent spinning, polishing and finishing. These are the completed pens - a dozen of them - all made in acrylic polymer and mounted on these matching Black...

This week's Pen of the Week is chosen by Smithwrecker and goes to the maple & zircote segmented streamline by xjr1300 Darren said "I’d like to nominate it simply because this is one of the most beautiful blanks I’ve seen" Here's the link to Pat's original post...

A full rhodium TM Zeta dressed in one of Brad Herrington’s beautiful timepiece acrylic blanks. Credit should go to Brad for making such a beautiful time consuming blank. Thanks Brad.

A beautiful kit. Looks stunning. Mike

Here’s that last of my beautiful Toni Ransfield slimline blanks cast in resin by Scott Walker. Thanks guys for making such a beautiful blank.

I see all your beautiful photographs of your beautiful pens on here and have realise using my camera phone to take photos on my work desk just isn't enough! What do you guys use to photograph your pens? What is the best way to lay out the pen? Do you use flash or lighting? Thanks All AC p.s...

This weeks Pen of the Week chosen by DJB Penmaker (Derek) goes to the Baron Fountain Pen in Brazilian Brown Ebony made by Bob Ellis "The Joy of Revealing Beautiful Grain". Derek said "There were so many beautiful pens shown this week each one deserved to win (in my opinion). However, this one...

Can any tell me what this wood is Please this is a closer pic of the end after turning a fine cut its not been sanded but it has a beautiful finish

This is my collection of dip pens - some wood and some plastic but all well used and quite old - none made by me but rather some factory somewhere. After seeing fingwe's beautiful dip pens and being a skinflint I am considering refurbishing and using the ferrules from one or more to make...

First Shakespeare for me, Like it a lot. In a beautiful piece of Burr Yew

This pen was made for my son-in-law from a lump of, I think, mahogany which he brought back after clearing out his Grandfather's house following his passing. I used a melamine finish for the first time and am delighted with the results. Although you can't feel it from the picture the pen is...

Was going to cut this piece up to give away for Marquetry. Gave it a hurry up on the Big Boy metre Sander for a minute. The log it came from was about four hundred yrs old. White ants had eaten out a pipe all through. During the week I picked up four more logs of this beautiful rare timber...

:wink: Beautiful wood texture