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Three pens for my Wife.

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Three pens for my Wife. Three pens for my Wife. Three pens for my Wife. Click the pictures to enlarge them

My wife has a little arthritis in her thumb, and finds it easier to use a large pen. Also, her favorite color is purple – which has nothing to do with local football. The materials are Purpleheart, Pink Ivory, and Acrylic. The “purple swirly” has no finish other than micro-mesh to 12000. The other two are CA/BLO and Hut wax.

-- Maplewood, MN


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CharlieM1958

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posted 114 days ago

Nice pens, rikkor.

Football? Hmmmm…. I’m thinking about a black and gold pen for myself. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Scott Bryan

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posted 114 days ago

rikkor,

You are really getting the hang of this aren’t you? Very nice.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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jockmike2

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posted 114 days ago

Absolutely beautiful, colorful pens rikkor. I’d love to be able to do that. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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DAN

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posted 114 days ago

love these pens. I like the bigger pen sizes myself. Got to get going on my lathe again.

-- a legend in my own mind ...

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itsme_timd

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posted 114 days ago

Love these pens, I’ve been thinking of making some thicker pens as well.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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cajunpen

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posted 114 days ago

Nice pens rikkor – the thickness of them are excellent for someone with arthritis.

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

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roy

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posted 113 days ago

very cool

-- tn hillbilly

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rikkor

6489 posts in 265 days


posted 113 days ago

Thanks all for the kind comments.

-- Maplewood, MN

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trifern

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posted 113 days ago

Nice looking pens. How does the acrylic turn as opposed to wood?

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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rikkor

6489 posts in 265 days


posted 112 days ago

Thanks trifern. The acrylic actually turns pretty easily. Start with a sharp gouge, take it easy going in until it is cylindrical. Then it turns pretty normally. It really polishes up nice with micro mesh.

-- Maplewood, MN

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dozer15

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posted 112 days ago

Great looking pens, I really like the color of that acrylic blank.

-- i cut it twice and it is still to short

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Woodshopfreak

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posted 108 days ago

Love that acrylic one. I want to start turning so bad but I have to save up for a lathe first. Great job.

-- Tyler, Illinois

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Copperjock

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posted 106 days ago

Those are awesome… now you’ll have me nosing around the acrylic pen blanks next time at woodcraft.. great job!

-- It's not that a craftsman never makes mistakes, he just makes it look like it.

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WoodRx

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posted 88 days ago

That purple is so neat… could make a nice LSU pen out of it!

-- Learn something everyday!

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