Several lathe projects of the last few days.

[mustangpalmer1911]

Made a few pens over the last few days and a Mach 3 razor kit for myself. I had made 3 other pens that when people saw them they wanted one. My mom took one, my grandma took one I made from some butter nut from a tree we had to cut down that she planted when she was a kid, and a lady at a antique shop wanted one I had made from cherry and offered me to trade for a box I was looking at to store my pen making supplies in. The 3 here one is from some ??? blank I got from woodcraft when I took the class and the other 2 are cherry. The razor is black walnut.

[mountainbreeze]

Nice work!

[flashbacpt]

Very nicely done! Your "Story" reminded me of when I first started turning pens. It was almost two years later when I "could keep one" for myself! It is amazing how people come out of nowhere with......"I want one!"

Keep up the good work!

FlashbacPT

John

[kalynzoo]

Very nice. It's great that you can relate a story of the tree to the finished work. It will make the pen an heirloom indeed.

[chipmaster]

Those are all beautiful. Where do you get the hardware to fit to the blanks?

[mustangpalmer1911]

Those are all beautiful. Where do you get the hardware to fit to the blanks?

Penn State Ind 90% of the time and woodcraft when I am in Harrisburg once a month for work.
http://www.pennstateind.com/

[terrydowning]

You can also look at
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/ AKA Craft Supplies USA (CSUSA)
http://www.bereahardwoods.com/

Or check out many of the vendors listed over on IAP http://www.penturners.org/.

IAP is also a great place to pick up tips and techniques for pen making and many other turning techniques.