Pens

I've been back to doing a lot of pens at once lately. This will be the first of two posts just showing a lot of what I've been up to.

I am going to separate the ones in this post according to style.

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Tec-Pens

This is a bolt action tec-pen. I've been wanting to do some of these. I've had several people who loved the bolt action click mechanism in the regular bolt action pens. However, due to their jobs and such, they did not want to have a pen with a bullet for a tip or a rifle clip. So these pens have the same mechanism, but without the otherwise unwanted accessories.

This one is done in blood wood.

This bolt action tec-pen is done in black palm.

This one is box elder burl.

The last one is done in hedge apple.

I purposely picked a piece of wood though with a void so I could fill it with coffee grounds. I find myself doing that more and more lately. I love the inlaid look of different materials and experimenting with it all.

 

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Executive Pens

These pens are called executive pens. I seen them in the catalogue and thought they were nice looking pens. So I ordered a starter set of six pens.

This first one is done in something called canxon negro burl.

Spalted pecan.

I love working with burls and other woods with unusual characteristics that set them apart. This spalted pecan starts out with almost the consistency of a sponge. You have to keep soaking it in glue as you turn it down to keep it from tearing apart. It makes a nice pen in my opinion though.

This one is spalted maple.

Walnut burl.

Box elder burl.

The void on this one is inlaid with black pepper.

Buckeye burl.

The void is inlaid with grits.

 

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Celtic Pen

These pens I've been wanting to do for some time. Every time I wish to order them though, they have been out of stock. They were finally available.

This first one is hedge apple with a Celtic cross inlaid with walnut.

It left my shop so quick that I wasn't able to even show it to the one person I had in mind when I made it. So I would have to make another one just like it.

This is a different pen, just the same material.

I like the look of the Celtic cross on these pens, but didn't think the yellow went well with the pewter finish, so I went with different materials on this one.

This is walnut with box elder inlay.

The last one I decided to do in live oak burl.

The crack void is inlaid with salt.

I have never met a burl I didn't like, but I must admit that oak burl has by far been may favorite to date.

Too bad I am down to my last few pieces of it. I will have to try to find more of this wonderful material one day.

 

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That's it for this post.

I will be typing up the second part of this after dinner.