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Barry Stratton
08-06-2006, 1:42 PM
Can you tell I got some lathe time in this weekend:D

A pair of Havana, 10K kits, from CSUSA. Wood is X-cut Olive and X-cut canarywood (Corey has some of this too!). finish is lacquer and wax. I like this kit but it may be on the "large" size for most (except for Shaq)!

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Bill O'Conner
08-06-2006, 1:51 PM
very cool looking pens like the way the grain looks

Bill
Henry C. Gernhardt, III
08-06-2006, 2:31 PM
Great looking pens, Barry!
Corey Hallagan
08-06-2006, 3:29 PM
Excellent Barry! Nice job on those. Those are some big kits! That canary wood is beautiful, my problem is I can't decide on what kit to make with the first one.

Corey
Scott Donley
08-06-2006, 3:41 PM
Great looking pen's Barry :cool:
Frank Fusco
08-06-2006, 4:28 PM
Very nice work. I have done only one Havanna. It was a Little Havana fountain pen. I found the tenon a bit tricky to turn since the directions are unclear as to size where it mates with the center band. You nailed it.
Bernie Weishapl
08-06-2006, 6:26 PM
Barry old buddy those are beauties. Nice job.
Tom Sherman
08-06-2006, 6:28 PM
Some awsome pens Barry, like the orientation of the grain in these.
Christopher K. Hartley
08-06-2006, 7:09 PM
Barry, those are some nice pens. Great work!:) Maybe a better term is Smokin!
Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan
08-06-2006, 7:29 PM
Hey, those are really cool, nicely done my friend! :D

(has it started snowing yet?);)
Jim Ketron
08-06-2006, 8:07 PM
Very Nice pens Barry!
I love working with olive wood smells so nice!
Barry Stratton
08-06-2006, 9:29 PM
Thanks for the compliments! And yes, that olivewood smells GREAT!!!

No snow yet (end of the month in the mountains:D ).

And the tenon on these are a piece of cake - the last 1/8" on the short tube. i took an old beat up wood chisel that happened to be 1/8" thick, spent a couple minutes on the grinder and.....pen tenon cutter....

And Corey - turn one of your world famous cigar pens with the canarywood !!!!
Corey Hallagan
08-06-2006, 9:56 PM
Ok buddy that is what I will do! I have 4 pens cut and drilled and mounted for turning during my turnathon next weekend. After that I will do a platinum cigar with Barry's special canarywood! World famous ??? I don't tink so but thanks! :)

Corey
Ken Fitzgerald
08-06-2006, 10:06 PM
Nice pens Barry!
Curt Fuller
08-06-2006, 10:09 PM
Beautiful pens Barry!