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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.































15 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 621 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 621 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.
jockmike2
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posted 621 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 621 days ago
love these pens. I like the bigger pen sizes myself. Got to get going on my lathe again.
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
itsme_timd
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posted 621 days ago
Love these pens, I’ve been thinking of making some thicker pens as well.
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
cajunpen
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posted 620 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 620 days ago
very cool
-- tn hillbilly.." tryin to do the best i can with what i got "
rikkor
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posted 620 days ago
Thanks all for the kind comments.
trifern
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posted 620 days ago
Nice looking pens. How does the acrylic turn as opposed to wood?
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
rikkor
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posted 619 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.
dozer15
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posted 619 days ago
Great looking pens, I really like the color of that acrylic blank.
-- i cut it twice and it is still to short
Woodshopfreak
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posted 614 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
Copperjock
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posted 612 days ago
Those are awesome… now you’ll have me nosing around the acrylic pen blanks next time at woodcraft.. great job!
-- All the test cuts in the world won't stop you from cutting the outside when you meant to cut the inside. doh!
WoodRx
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posted 594 days ago
That purple is so neat… could make a nice LSU pen out of it!
-- Learn something everyday!
rikkor
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posted 488 days ago
Roughly an hour.