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I decided to take a break from practicing for the handwriting contest after 4 pages today....

Since there was some discussion of the size and weight of the pens that pen turners make... I decided to show what one of the large pens looks like...

This is a Chechen Burl pen I made today ... it is a lot larger than the ones shown in the other thread, but surprisingly it is a lighter pen. There is not as much metal in the kit of this pen... the black is plastic which lightens the pen considerably. This pen is not made to post. It is long enough for even my ham handed fist to write with unposted.

I recently found out that the nibs that we have been lead to believe are German made steel nibs, are in fact not German made.... they are made in China at the Shanghai plant there. Even though they are not true German nibs, they are very smooth nice writing nibs. Unfortunately, we can only get them in medium and they are a true medium, not an Oriental medium.

Well with that all out of the way... here are the measurements;

5.375" Capped

4.875" Open, unposted

0.625" Cap Diameter

0.531" Body diameter

0.375" Narrowest part of section

37g Weight

The nib is 0.875 long and 0.375"wide, a nice big nib that looks great on this size pen.

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Beautiful pen, Griz!

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8, NKJV)
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umm...im unfamiliar with this topic. Can someone fill me in?

 

You MADE that pen :o ?

 

[edit] i had a look at your homepage

 

You're amazing :drool:

 

We have created pens from the floor boards of the old gym at a school and  from an old cherry tree that grew on the family farm before it was sold.  If you have a special piece of wood that holds sentimental value  email us to discuss that special writing instrument.
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I agree. Gorgeous. You have Hephaestus' skill (God of Craft) and Aphrodite's eye (Goddess of Beauty.) They were married, you know. :)

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Oh my! Burl and silver!!! :drool: :drool:

 

Gorgeous work, Tom!

A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water. ~ Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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Thanks for taking the time to show us more of your work, always pleasing!

 

-Bruce

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beautiful...

Like Sparky I have to ask...Price?

OK, I feel funny putting the price here, since I did not post that pen as an advertisement... Really, I didn't...

A pen like that would sell for $75.

And it weighs 39 g, which is surprisingly light when you consider the Dragon pen, which is smaller in size, weighs 37 g in wood and a bit more in the alternative stone like the jade used on the dragon.

 

BTW, I am curious. As pen addicts, do you think that is a fair price for a pen like that. It is so hard for me to put a price on my work. :blush: :blush:

 

Of course if I listen to my daughter, the price would be a lot higher, but let's face it she has an agenda... if they don't sell she thinks she gets to keep them... :blink:

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Oh, that's beautiful. How do you give wood a sheen like that?

 

(Wishing there were an applauding smiley)

 

:)

To get a shine like that on the wood, it is sanded to 12000 grit, wiping down the blank between each grit with denatured alcohol.

Then I use 4 coats of a plexiglass solution that I have been working with if I want to finish the pen the same day. When that finish is totally dry, it is hand polished with automotive polishing compound and then automotive antiswirl cream.

I also offer a hand rubbed nitrocellulose lacquer finish, at extra cost, that takes 8 days to do. That finish consists of 5-7 coats of hand rubbed lacquer.

I am currently playing with a water based lacquer finish that looks and wears as good as the nitrocellulose lacquer I am now using, it takes just as long, but it is a lot better for my health due to lack of solvent fumes. I am not ready to release that one for sale yet, as my wear experiments are not complete yet.

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Perhaps if you do choose to sell this (or a similar) pen, it would be posted in the Marketplace Forum.

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Perhaps if you do choose to sell this (or a similar) pen, it would be posted in the Marketplace Forum.

Glenn,

This pen was not posted here with the intention of selling it.

It was posted because someone asked about the size of turned pens and I responded to that post then added this one because it was a different size and I wanted to show the difference.

I purposely did not post the price of the pen until I was asked twice.

IF, I decide to sell this pen or any of my pens, be assured, they will go in the Market Place.

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Perhaps if you do choose to sell this (or a similar) pen, it would be posted in the Marketplace Forum.

Glenn,

This pen was not posted here with the intention of selling it.

It was posted because someone asked about the size of turned pens and I responded to that post then added this one because it was a different size and I wanted to show the difference.

I purposely did not post the price of the pen until I was asked twice.

IF, I decide to sell this pen or any of my pens, be assured, they will go in the Market Place.

I made no insinuations.

Just making sure I knew where to look, should I choose to.

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I am currently playing with a water based lacquer finish that looks and wears as good as the nitrocellulose lacquer I am now using, it takes just as long, but it is a lot better for my health due to lack of solvent fumes.

Another wonderful creation Tom! :)

 

Yes, watch out for those lacquers. I worked with them for years and don't think they did me much good. :blink:

How can you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

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