We did it fellow Lumberjocks! The Pen Trade Roud 3 is complete!!!
We’ve been all over the United States – DE, VA, FL, GA, KY, IL, MD, PA, NY, NH (whew!), MN, WA, CA and TN! Plus… a trip into Canada with a stop in Ontario.
- We’ve been in the hands of 17 Lumberjocks.
- WOW! Our goodies box has traveled over 8,600 miles!
- The pen box was ‘on tour’ for 165 days in Round 3. (as of 03/28/09)
- What started as 5 blanks, 5 pens and 5 kits brought us…
—140 miscellaneous blanks including wood from around the continent, antler, shell casings, corian
—13 finished pens
—17 pen kits
For comparison, here’s a link to the blog with the goodies from the first swap. Pen Trade Round #1
Here are some pictures of what made it back to me:
The blanks are tired of traveling! They’ve tried to escape on the last 2 stops! ;-)
The box is PACKED with good stuff, the lid was bulging.
Here are 2 pics showing all the blanks and other materials.
And here’s a pic of all the finished work and kits.
Here’s a pic of the great stuff that I’m taking out of this round.
A HUGE THANKS to all the awesome Lumberjocks who joined in the trade and those that just watched our travels.
Now… stay tuned because we’re not quite done. We still have the Challenge blanks from Karson and Steve (391 & 391b Challenge) that we need to get turned and posted up.
Thanks again everybody. Time to take a bit of a break and… TURN SOME PENS!
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
15 comments so far
Karson
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posted 224 days ago
Wow: Finally it’s home.
Thanks Tim for getting this started.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
CanadianWoodChuck
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posted 224 days ago
Great Job Tim, thanks ….. bring on Karson’s 391
-- Canadian Wood Chuck (Bruce)
Napaman
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posted 224 days ago
awesome…home sweet home…take a rest little box…get fixed up and rested for the next time…
THANKS EVERYONE….THIS HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT of my 2 years on LJ’s…so THANKS TO TIME for making this all work…and everyone…
I would love to do it again…but I know this has gotten pretty big….so keep me on if there is room…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
scottb
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posted 224 days ago
I think you’ll have to pull a lot more out before the next round starts. those 5 blanks, 5 kits and 5 pens multiplied very rapidly. Wow we sure are the generous sort!
Time to turn!
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
Karson
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posted 224 days ago
The rules for the challenge are here.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
kenn
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posted 224 days ago
What a great time, thanks Tim for organizing this, and keeping that box moving.
-- Every cloud has a silver lining
NedB
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posted 224 days ago
Tim, thanks for spearheading this, It was fun to take part in (minus the pause in the trip)
-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com
Karson
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posted 223 days ago
Tim I think the 403 days are incorrect. I cut up the blanks sooner than that. Sure you didn’t look at one of the earlier trades.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
itsme_timd
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posted 223 days ago
”Tim I think the 403 days are incorrect. I cut up the blanks sooner than that. Sure you didn’t look at one of the earlier trades.”
You’re correct Karson. I was going to post stats for Round 3 and also for the trade since inception and got them mixed – post was edited to show 165 days on tour for Round 3!
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
MsDebbieP
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posted 222 days ago
congrats to everyone involved on another successful pen swap! Well done. It’s been fun watching the travels.
8,000+ miles—very cool.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Woodtreker
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posted 222 days ago
That was FUN!!!!!!! Even when we thought it might be lost… The exciting… the drama… THE WOOD!!!! Let’s do it again!!!!
-- Derrel Frankfort, KY
NedB
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posted 222 days ago
Derrel… it was just delayed awhile… really… and things Have settled down quite a bit now. tyvm.
sorry about that again folks.
-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com
Woodtreker
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posted 216 days ago
No problem… It was a mystery worth the wait :) Glad to hear things are settled more… Have a great day to all!!!
-- Derrel Frankfort, KY
Woodtreker
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posted 216 days ago
Let’s do it again!!!
-- Derrel Frankfort, KY
Gary Fixler
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posted 167 days ago
This is neat to watch from afar. The box almost visited me down in LA. Great work, folks!
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator