My pen trade 2 - Olive wood pen

WOW…..some great looking pens Karson. Keep up the great work.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Sweet! Or would it be sour? Does Olive wood smell like olives when turning it?

Great Looking pens, Karson!

Lew

Lew: I don’t eat Olives, so I’ve never looked at one in the eye or nose.

I was a normal wood smell. Well I say normal but the cherry is not a normal smell. It’s kind of sweet.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice job Karson…great looking pens.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

great set of project postings … you are on a pen roll … how many hours do you estimate for turning and finishing this weekends pens ?

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Dan: I figure about 20 minutes to turn a pen, that is after all of the sawing, drilling, glueing, Truing up the ends, etc.

Those items are all done a few days before because you can’t work a pen blank until the glue is set up hard. I use Epoxy glue, to glue in the brass tubes.

I had one of the woodworkers over for a pen making tutorial. He got 2 pens make in about 4 hours.

I’m a little faster than him, er make that a lot faster.

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only time I’ve made a pen was during a pen making demo at the Woodcrafts in Cinci.

It was a couple years ago and pens were donated to the troops.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

I love this one – but I’m subjective as olive wood is one of my favorites.

lew- olive wood, does have the olive smell, I love that wood, it’s also very dense. and has amazing grain patterns- my cousin used to turn bowls and vessels out of it.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Very nice Karson,

Did you finish it with olive oil? <(:O)#

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Nice batch of pens, Karson. You’ve got a good finishing schedule there too…they look like marble.

I agree with Sharon, I think they smell like olives when you cut the wood. Same with Castello.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Very nice pens Karson. What do you do with them?
Sharad

-- patanjali

Beautiful pens Karson.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Hi Karson;

Very nice looking pens indeed.

My son has started making pens and selling them on ebay.

He’s pretty smart, I buy all the stuff, he keeps the money.

We typically use super glue to glue the tubes in, so we can turn them within 10 minutes of gluing the brass tube in.

He’s gotten pretty good at turning them pretty quickly.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Lee: I tried using CA glue. But #1 the tube always dried up and #2 I was not sure that I was getting great gap filling between the brass and the wood.

So I opted for Epoxy, but, I’ve heard about a lot of people using CA.

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Karson

You remember the gorilla glue challenge ? Well I won a box of gorilla glue samples etc. I’ve found their gorilla super-glue glue is real-good-stuff. Doesn’t dry out at the tip.

The pin point poly glue is very handy too. Also the white woodworkers glue is great too.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

these are all really nice…at first i thought the 3rd pen was zebrawood…but then after reading i then thought there was much darker and “more” grain lines…it is really nice…I think i have some olive too…i have been sooo busy on my yard i have not done any wood working…but anxious—-12 days KARSON!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Youv’e got this pen thing down Carson very nice

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I’ve sold a few pens in my day and given many as gifts.

I’ve made a lot of teacher pens that have a red and black ink tip on eather end. I usually try to use a redder wood on the red end and a darker wood on the dark end. All of my childrens teachers have gotten them.

Most that I make now are gifts that my wife gives away.

My wife loses them quite often also.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Great pens Karson.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

In a month or two I would like to start making pens. When you have time and I educate myself more, I would love to send some questions and get advice from you. My wife’s to do list in the woodshop is a little long right now LOL
Ken VERY NICE!!!!!!!!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Not a problem Ken.

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