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Slim Line Pens

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Here are two recently made pens. The lower one is going to be a gift to my simulator instructor who liked the upper one that I had with me when I was in Wichita.


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toyguy

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posted 609 days ago

I do believe your getting the hang of it…......

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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Scott Bryan

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posted 609 days ago

Rikkor,

I can see that you have really caught the pen bug. :)

These are nice pens. I can well understand the attraction with wanting to turn them.

I don’t guess I am going to be able to talk you out of the lathe after all. You are going to make me go out and buy one aren’t you? :)

Thanks for the post.

-- 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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rikkor

11335 posts in 773 days


posted 609 days ago

Scott, Free advice, and worth every penny of it: Go get the lathe. Just step away from the computer and go get the lathe. (And the turning tools, and the face plate, and the drill chuck, and the jaw chuck, the pen blanks, the pen kits, the finishes.) Your first pen should cost about $600.00.

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trifern

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posted 609 days ago

$600 sounds cheap to me. Nice looking pens.

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

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itsme_timd

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posted 609 days ago

Very nice pens. I’ve become a fan recently of the slimline kits and making them ‘different’ in some way, these are great. I think that ‘first pen’ price estimate is right on!

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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Karson

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posted 609 days ago

Great job Rikkor. Looks like you are waiting for the “Traveling Pen Blanks” to show up.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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darryl

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posted 609 days ago

I don’t think that first pen price is all that far off!!
These two look nice. I like the shape. You were able to add a little something with out making them look “pregnant”. I can’t say I’ve always been able to do that…

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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rikkor

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posted 609 days ago

Hey, I’m next in line. I am getting excited.

Darryl; When I first tried adding a little heft to the business end I, of course, made them too big for a while. I (mostly) cured myself of it, though.

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roy

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posted 609 days ago

nice work

-- tn hillbilly.." tryin to do the best i can with what i got "

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jimp

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posted 609 days ago

Rikkor – nice pens. What type of wood did you use?

-- - Jim, Vancouver,WA

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rikkor

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posted 609 days ago

The lower one is Lignum Vitae, the upper one (the guy at Rockler told me) was Kingwood.

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