Today's Pens **PIC**

[Ken Salisbury]

Made these 9 Cigar pens this afternoon. I actually turned 10 but one of the kits had missing parts so I was only able to assemble 9. They are zebrawood, bloodwood, cherry, rosewood, wenge and phillipine ebony.

[Todd Burch]

Ok (with all due respect) "old man"!!! Now, you've thrown down the gauntlet. Later tonight, I'll be posting the produce of my hands for the day.

Stay tuned....

(By the way - good job!) Will any of them work for a lefty?

Will white pine work for a pen, or is it too soft?

Todd.

[Ken Salisbury]

Originally posted by Todd Burch
Ok (with all due respect) "old man"!!! Now, you've thrown down the gauntlet. Later tonight, I'll be posting the produce of my hands for the day.

Stay tuned....

(By the way - good job!) Will any of them work for a lefty?

Will white pine work for a pen, or is it too soft?

Todd. I never tried pine. I would think it would be way too soft and would not stand the wear and tear.

[John Miliunas]

....as usual! So what, is that about 3 or 4 an hour? Man, you can certainly kick those things out! I've never done any of the cigar pens, but even the thinner profile ones take me a heckuva' lot longer! Guess I need to practice a LOT more to catch up to your speed. Keep them pics coming.... :cool:

[Ken Salisbury]

Originally posted by John Miliunas
....as usual! So what, is that about 3 or 4 an hour? Man, you can certainly kick those things out! I've never done any of the cigar pens, but even the thinner profile ones take me a heckuva' lot longer! Guess I need to practice a LOT more to catch up to your speed. Keep them pics coming.... :cool:

I don't know about keeping them coming - I am getting some rath about too many posts and too much graphics. I think I will just read posts for awhile. (No graphics on this post)

[Bob Lasley]

Ken,

Have not heard of Phillipine Ebony. How does it compare to the African varieties?

Bob

[Randy Gleckler]

Ken,


Very nice pens... And I love reading your posts (graphics, personality and all) :)

BTW, what's the difference between the Cigar pen and the European style pen?? (very new at this)


Randy

[Joe Tonich]

Originally posted by Ken Salisbury
I don't know about keeping them coming - I am getting some rath about too many posts and too much graphics. I think I will just read posts for awhile. (No graphics on this post)

KEN!!!

You can't let a little thing like that keep a good man down! Keep posting them pic's, I only need 175 more to catch up so watch out!! :D I like the pens. I'll send you a pic of what I'm making for the EOP get-together when I finish it. It's something I found at BEREA HARDWOODS.

Joe - If you ignore them, they will leave.

[George Troy Hurlburt]

Good Job Ken,
Glad to see another fellow woodturner on the Saw Mill. Maybe the adminstrators will have a Turning section like Woodcentral. I do some wood pens all in the bic holder style. GT

[Ken Salisbury]

Originally posted by Bob Lasley
Ken,

Have not heard of Phillipine Ebony. How does it compare to the African varieties?

Bob
Phillipine ebony is not as consistently black like african ebony. It has some dark brown streaks though it. Very beautiful wood and finishes fantastic. Very expensive though.

[Ken Salisbury]

Originally posted by George Troy Hurlburt
Good Job Ken,
Glad to see another fellow woodturner on the Saw Mill. Maybe the adminstrators will have a Turning section like Woodcentral. I do some wood pens all in the bic holder style. GT

Actually I don't consider myself a "woodturner". I think woodturning is just using another shop powertool to make wooden stuff. Contrary to belief I spend more time making flat stuff than I do making round stuff. You can see a small sample of my flat stuff here:
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[Tim Spickler]

New web site but some results coming from your shop. Great pens!!!

[Ken Salisbury]

Originally posted by Tim Spickler
New web site but some results coming from your shop. Great pens!!!

Web site is not new -- I have had it for a long time. That link is just to a small portion of it.

[Ken Salisbury]

Originally posted by Randy Gleckler
Ken,


Very nice pens... And I love reading your posts (graphics, personality and all) :)

BTW, what's the difference between the Cigar pen and the European style pen?? (very new at this)


Randy

Randy,

The Cigar pens are much larger in diameter. They both use Parker style mechanisms. Here are pics of both styles:

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[Randy Gleckler]

Ken,

Thanks, I've managed to make the european style but was wondering how the cigar pen would look and feel. I think I'll stick with the Euro Style. Thanks for the pics though. they look great.

[Ron McNeil]

Originally posted by Ken Salisbury
I don't know about keeping them coming - I am getting some rath about too many posts and too much graphics. I think I will just read posts for awhile. (No graphics on this post) Ken I don't know why the rath about the posts and the graphics. Your posts are great and very informative to a newbe like myself. The graphics are very humorous and enjoyable at least by me and I'm sure many others. As for my pen talent I'm learning. I've made a total of 27 pens all European Style and I've even manage to sell 4 of them. I'm not in your league but someday! If you choose to post less and without graphics thats your choice, however I foreone have read them all and will continue.