Thread: 2009 International Pen swap draw & Pictures

Recieved my pen(s) from Colin Gregg, many thanks Colin beautiful and my wife will love the segmented one. Also received some blanks and away to pen making i must go--wheeeeee!!!!! Amos Thanks Sam for organizing this swap, my understanding is that as from today you are an OLD bloke! many happy returns, Amos

Received a box in the mail today - brake pads eh?
Simply marvellous Red Maple burl Baron (Black Titanium) from Brian Isabelle of Canada
It is a very very well made pen and I think I'll probably keep it*
I also received the odd piece of timber to add to my collection
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In no particular order, Rdwood burl, Buckeye burl, Claro Walnut, Maple burl, Thuya burl, Alaskan Yellow Cedar burl, Zircote, Roasted Maple burl, Ash crotch & Bocote. There is two samples of each. Photo shows one so as not to clutter up the place too much

Thanks very much, Brian

* of course I'll keep it SWMBO won't take a pen she's afraid she'll lose it

amos, i am glad you like the stuff. i sent some abrenet too. so make sure you give it a go, its great for sanding the blanks wood or acrylic. if you use it on acrylics make sure to do it wet. they will last you a long time.

Hi all.

This is the first resault of the 2009 International Pen Swap for me.

The pen is Elegant Beauty dressed in 100 years old Morcton Bay fig I got from Sam (Simomatra). The blank was sanded to 12000 micromesh, and for first time I used William Yuong´s way to use ca/blo. I put on 8 layers.

Thanks for looking. All comments are welcome.

hehe ! I planted a moreton bay fig in my yard last year , maybe in a hundred years someone can make a pen from it as nice as the one you have there

Nice looking pen and your finish looks a treat too

Very nice, looks great

Looking good Oistein and the new finish looks a treat

Nice work, fine finish. keep 'em coming.

An Elegant Beauty Gold with Hairy Oak from Simomatra is my next presentation from the penswap. I seem the hairy oak was a some oily wood, am I right?

Sanded from 240 to 12000 grit and treated with william Young´s way to use ca/blo. I put on 6 layers.

At the end of the turning a face came out. Can you see it?

Some nice pens floating around in this swap. One of my pens flew out with some blanks on Monday, still waiting to hear from my other swap partner to get rid of the second package.

Once again nice work Oeistein and yes I see the face, a bit spooky. You know have an alien.

A couple of days ago I received my parcel from Chriselle in Japan, and what surprises it contained!

Chris's personal hand written note explained that the Jr Gent II FP was made with (and I quote) "a piece bakelite that was given to me by a very well respected designer and penmaker (retired) for the Sailor pen company here in Japan" Chris goes on to say that it wasn't the pen he originally intended to send (the urushi pen discussed elsewhere) but he reckons "it's not too bad for backup!!) I'll say it isn't! I'm tickled pink to have such a great looking pen with that history attached to it, in my collection. Thank you very much Chris



Chris also included some very nice blanks in the package, some spalted and some stabilised. The one on the far right isn't marked, but I am guessing is Texas Ebony?




Looking forward to turning these in to some spectacular looking pens Chris, thank you very much.

I have really enjoyed this pen swap and would like to thank Sam for going to the trouble of organising it, thanks Sam

Originally Posted by Big Shed

. The one on the far right isn't marked, but I am guessing is Texas Ebony?

Looks like Desert Ironwood to me. And a mighty good looking piece, too.