Some of my pens

Did you use the mini corn from the Chinese Food Store.

A great design. It looks like all of the holes are filled in.

The rest are also very nice.

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I would give the corn-cob pen a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Fair. Realy unique and well done.

I love all of your work.

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Both look great! What is the wood used on the non-edible one ;)

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.

Scott, I added some descriptions to the post, forgot to do that. Amazingly, those stabilized corn cobs are not anywhere near as tasty as one might think – even with lots of butter and salt!

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

Tim, the pens look great!! Did you stablize the corn cob blank before you turned it? The stain really makes your pen pop.

-- Those that say it can't be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Great idea on the corn cob Tim. Excellent photos that highlight such good work.

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

Really nice pens. Good photography!

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Very elegant. I am going to have to get started turning pens. It looks rewarding and fun.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Thanks again everyone.

Jeff – the blanks I bought were already stabilized. I used the method of applying the CA as you described to fill in the gaps after applying the stain on the lathe.

I improved my photography based on a post here on LJ – Photographing Your Work
I use 1/4 of a business card as my stand and stack sheets of plain printer paper for the backdrop. Some simple manual settings on my camera (Canon A610) for the appropriate lighting and a tweak in a basic photo editing software gives some pretty decent results.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

That just may be a couple of the best looking pens I’ve seen on the site – at least in my opinion. I really like th corn cob pen – and your photography just adds to the overall look. Good job. I used to enjoy turning pens – but I’ve turned so many of them over the years that I don’t care if I ever turn another one. I do enjoy looking at other people’s work though :-))

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

Great pens. Is the finish CA/BLO?

all three came out very nice, great work.

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