My wife finally asked for a pen!

That came out nice. I like turning pens. A nice quick little project to pass the time. My wife had me turn a pile of them for her family members for Christmas.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I’ve seen your rosewood and Cocobolo pens. They always look great.

Do you have trouble with Cocobolo leaking sap through the grain while you are finishing it? I was applying Shellawax to a Cocobolo blank today and found that the wood changed color slightly and I encountered sap leaking through the grain during heavy friction. Very strange.

-- Mark, Florida, http://penturner.wordpress.com/

I finally got The Boss to get excited about a pen. She likes the color purple, so I made her one from purpleheart. “Oh that’s nice” (yawn). Then I got some pink ivory and made her one. “Oh, that’s nice.” Finally I bought a blank of acrylic with light and dark purple swirlies. “Oh wow, that’s really nice!” Perseverence pays off.

there have been a few stories on here about wives and pens… interesting that such interest/disinterest/controversy/excitement takes place over a pen while rarely do we see the same discussions about other pieces of woodworking.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I like it, very nice. I like the atlas pen too. I think I’ve made about 5 of them since they came out. A couple ‘wood’ and a few ‘Acrylics’.

That pen will show up and she will wonder how that got in here purse.

-Jon

-- http://inhisgrip1.blogspot.com/

If any of you guys ever want to make the perfect pen for a lady – turn one from Tulipwood. It is easy to turn and comes out great. I’ve given my wife at least a half dozen pens, she looses them as fast as I can make them – but I would never complain :-)).

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Pens make a great gift. I made 25 or so for my staff before I retired. A little thought goes a long way.

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

Hey Grumpy, isn’t the staff supposed to gift YOU? You must have been great to work for.

Pens are very popular at my office, too. I even had the CTO ask to buy one during a meeting yesterday. I have given out quite a few to colleagues, so they are getting a bit plentiful during meetings, and people are asking me for Xmas orders.

-- Mark, Florida, http://penturner.wordpress.com/