| Project by rikkor | posted 114 days ago | 174 views | 0 times favorited | 14 comments | ![]() |
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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14 comments so far
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"
Scott Bryan
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posted 114 days ago
rikkor,
You are really getting the hang of this aren’t you? Very nice.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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/
roy
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posted 113 days ago
very cool
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rikkor
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posted 113 days ago
Thanks all for the kind comments.
-- Maplewood, MN
trifern
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posted 113 days ago
Nice looking pens. How does the acrylic turn as opposed to wood?
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rikkor
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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
dozer15
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posted 112 days ago
Great looking pens, I really like the color of that acrylic blank.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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