My Third and Fourth Pens

[Brett Elliott]

You may wonder what happened to the first and second ones: the first one is pretty vanilla, and the second one is my father's possession. Here are tries number three and four. If anyone has any comments (good or bad :)) I'd love to hear them!

The top one is Box Elder Burl (if I recall correctly), and the bottom one is Spalted Big Leaf Maple. They were turned on my Delta Midi and sanded to 1500. I wiped with mineral spirits to remove the dust, and then I then finished with some manner of turning finish. The pen kits are Rockler's flat top roller ball.

Thanks,
Brett

[David Walser]

Brett,

Those are some very nice pens. The spalted maple is my favorite of the two.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Brett those are some mighty fine looking pens. I really can't say which one I like better. Well done.

[Ben Gastfriend]

They're all very nice! I really like the shape of the barrel torwards the pen tip.

[Horst Hohoff]

Hi Brett,
Nice wood ( specially the box elder ) well crafted, but I don't like the shape of them.
Specially the maple one isn't my cup of tea at all.

Horst

[Mike A. Smith]

Looks like you are off to a good start there Brett!

[Tom Sherman]

I think you have a couple of keepers there Brett. Very nice looking pens.