Segmented Fountain Pen

great looking pen ! bet a bricklayer would love it !

-- ..... art for lifes sake

That is realy some segmenting job. Nice work.

-- Tom D

That is great work. What is the finish you used?

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Nice job Darryl.

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

Darryl, that is one of the best looking pens that I have seen posted lately. I really like the segmented wood – but I’m afraid that I wouldn’t have the patience for doing one like it.

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

Darryl,

This is a nice looking pen. But I simply cannot imagine the patience and perseverance that it took to complete something like this.

Wow.

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What is a stronger superlative than superb?

-- Maplewood, MN

I’m not crazy about wooden pens, but I’m drawn to this project because of the details, the obvious skill, and a serious time investment. How long did it take you to create the blank, compared to the turning?

Darryl. What a great looking pen. A wonderful job. The segments look great.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

That’s the quintessential segmented pen. It may be the best of its kind that I’ve seen.

Where’s mine??! ;-)

Cheers,
Gary

What patience and what an outcome! Beautiful pen
Sharad

-- patanjali

I love the look of the pen. I know the man it was for had to love it.

-- Pyromedic602, free wood is always good wood

OMG…..That is just sick (good thing). Above all else, I can tell God blessed you with lots of patience. I can’t begin to imagine the amount of work that went into it.

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

I used a CA/BLO finish.
The blank took about 6-8 hours to complete. At this point, I don’t “punch a clock” so the time is only an estimate. The other night I while I was working on it, I was able to sit at the kitchen table and watch Spiderman 2 to pass the time. When working in the shop, I’ll put on some music and time just flies!

I make sure to take my time while turning (don’t want to tear apart a blank that takes that long to make!) so I think turning was about an hour to an hour and a half.

Thank you for the compliments, I appreciate the feedback. I have another to turn (hopefully today) that will be donated to my daughter’s school for a fundraiser.

Due to some cr@ppy weather yesterday, this pen didn’t get picked up so the birthday boy still hasn’t seen it. Hopefully that will happen today. I understand he’s a bit of a “pen snob” (meaning he’s a pen collector and like quality pens) so I’m really kind of anxious to hear about his reaction.

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Wow, I’ve never seen anything like it and I probably never will again unless you made it. The pen snob will be amazed I’m pretty sure of that.

Diane

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