... who's been dead for 5,000 years?
Pete.
Or peat, if you didn't get it first time.
Which brings me to today's pens: We don't call it peat if we want to sell it to penturners at eye-watering prices, we call it Bog Oak. Nasty, smelly, slimy stuff, but who knew before first time turning it? It's so soft that it chipped away when I removed it from the bushing - even after six or seven coats of CA. And you'll observe the sanding marks under the finish too ... 'Nuff said.
The others are a cigar XL in 'crushed ice' acrylic (gorgeous!), a Chairmans fountain in burr elm (lovely looking wood), a Ligero in Oak (findings look a little plasticky) and a fancy in beech (thanks Jim for the idea of grooving the upper barrel under the clip, that's the first thing everyone notices when they see this pen).
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Pete.
Or peat, if you didn't get it first time.
Which brings me to today's pens: We don't call it peat if we want to sell it to penturners at eye-watering prices, we call it Bog Oak. Nasty, smelly, slimy stuff, but who knew before first time turning it? It's so soft that it chipped away when I removed it from the bushing - even after six or seven coats of CA. And you'll observe the sanding marks under the finish too ... 'Nuff said.
The others are a cigar XL in 'crushed ice' acrylic (gorgeous!), a Chairmans fountain in burr elm (lovely looking wood), a Ligero in Oak (findings look a little plasticky) and a fancy in beech (thanks Jim for the idea of grooving the upper barrel under the clip, that's the first thing everyone notices when they see this pen).
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