Jr. Gent Longwood

[Les Elm]

Twist Ballpoint dressed up in a piece of Curly Bubinga.
Glued in Cap tube and turned between centers.
Machined off the Threaded Coupler and put together the Nib Assembly.
Twisting the nib clock-wise retracts the refill tip.
Unscrew the nib counter clock-wise to access the refill.
Sanded barrel to 400x, burnished with the turned wood shavings, buffed with Ultrafine Steel Wool and applied 6 coats of MINWAX Fast Drying Clear Gloss Polyurethane.

No polishing or buffing required using the MINWAX Poly.

Les

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[Brian Effinger]

Very nice, Les. If you ever have the chance, I'd love to see a photo tutorial on your process.
Do you sand or buff with steel wool between coats?
And, it's good to see you here at SMC. :)

[Darren Jamieson]

Les, your finishing them fast and furious now. This one looks nice, I love the curly bubinga and the finish is perfect as always. I have never finished a pen in WOP but I might have to give it a try.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Les beautiful pen as usual.

[Roger Wilson]

Very nice. Where do you get kits? All the Jr. Gent Longwood pens I found in a search have two barrels or a rubber gripper and a longish barrel. Thanks.

[Michael James]

The hits just keep coming! I'm going to have to try the poly on a pen somewhere down the line.. Nice work as usual Les and thanks for posting!

[Les Elm]

Very nice, Les. If you ever have the chance, I'd love to see a photo tutorial on your process.
Do you sand or buff with steel wool between coats?
And, it's good to see you here at SMC. :)

Thanks Brian.
I have a tutorial on how I make my Longwood pens, as well as quite a few other tutorials.
I don't see a Tutorials Board on the forum?

Les

[Les Elm]

Very nice. Where do you get kits? All the Jr. Gent Longwood pens I found in a search have two barrels or a rubber gripper and a longish barrel. Thanks.

I get the Jr. Gent Kits here:
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/Pen_Making___Ballpoint_Pen_Kits___Jr_Gentlemen_s_B allpoint_Pen_Kit___jr_gentlemens?Args=

I then modifiy the kit to make my Longwood pens.

Les

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful pen Les! Love the wood and your finish really brings it to life!

As far tutorials - we used to just post them here and then, depending on number of responses, they would get copied to the Articles and Reviews Forum so folks could access them easily. Now that we have changed over to the new software - you can join the Author's group, compose your tutorial and then have it published on the Home page. It will get a lot of exposure and folks will be able to access it for reference when needed. If you have any questions about getting published here - please let me know.

[Terry Murphy]

Would very much like to see the tutorial.
Do you have a link to it?