This is a pen that was ordered by a customer/co-worker of mine who also happens to be the president of the Ohio State Social Workers Alumni Club. They are honoring a professor who is retiring this coming weekend at a dinner and then a celebration before the big OSU-USC game where the pen will be presented.

Again I have to give a shout out to my buddy Jim15 from IAP who drove all the way from Cincinnati to deliver the blank to me today.

I was going to have it engraved with his initials, but after looking at it, I wonder if she may rather go for a wooden box engraved with something on it. I hate to ruin the beautiful look of the pen with initials.!

Standard CA finish and crappy picture again.

I liked the pen I made for my father so much that I decided that I wanted one of my own.

More Quilted maple from HawksFeather on a Wall Street II kit.

After a spectacular failure with trying to glue some snake skins for casting (all turned brown!). I decided to whip up a quick pen for my father in laws 60th birthday. We’re going camping this weekend as a family and I plan on presenting it to him then.

The wood is some quilted maple I got from my good buddy HawksFeather (http://www.hawksfeathercustompredatorcalls.com) at our last Ohio Chapter meeting of the International Association of Penturners. I did horrible trying to capture the beauty of this grain, but trust me it’s nice! CA Finish. I plan on getting a wood presentation box from Woodcraft tomorrow after work and then wrapping it up!

Thanks,

Justin

Chrome Sedona Rollerball with Bog Oak. Finish is CA.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone picture. Still waiting for my new camera.

Thanks,

Justin

A lady at work saw my other Ohio State Buckeyes themed bottle stopper and wanted her own version of a Buckeyes themed bottle stopper. This is what I came up with. I hope she likes it as it was my most challenging yet.

Last Friday I brought my shredded money bottle stopper to work to show some friends. One of my friends said that if I made one Ohio State Buckeyes related he would buy it. So this is what I came up with. It is ebony, and there is a collectable medallion inlaid in the end of Charles “Chick” Harley. These medallions were only given out during games of the 2005 season. A different famous Buckeye was on each one so there were 12 in all. I gave it to him today and he was very pleased with it.

This is my first turned bottle stopper for display. It is a USAF pin cast in clear Polyester Resin with a sky blue base. I just received my bottle stopper mandrel from PSI, and the actual stopper is 316 stainless steel.