Thread: July Pen Swap

Hey

So we now have eleven.

They are ready to go and there is a spare if a late comer wants to join.

A few blanks have been cut in half to get a good pattern. If you MUST have a whole blank PM me and I will make sure you dont get one of these.

cheers

dazzler

Originally Posted by dazzler

Okay

A pay it forward is where you give me the pens and i open a pen shop and nick off to tahiti

or

we get them all together, decide to sell them and give the money to a charity, send them as gifts to old people or our soldiers in Iraq or whatever we decide.

So I figure we run this till say november and then have a vote on what to do with them.

cheers

dazzler

ps. If there are 10 of us over 5 months thats 50 pens at $10 a pen is $500 for a good cause.
(see, i did go to school)

I'm a little short of metals but if someone had some non-ferrous metal rods (Square or round 10mm x 200mm) they are willing to part with I'll turn a few metal pens for the cause.

did ya get them sent out???

Hi

sorry i have been absent due to a modem failure. Blanks were sent out yestday so if there is a good southerly, the yardarm stays strong, deliveries should start arriving soon........aaaaay

looking forward to it.....

also i should have checked my email before i asked anyway

G'day Follow Pen Turners

I have recieved my pen blanks
What a load of utter crap :eek: :eek: :eek:
No seriously they are some nice looking pieces
One looks like sassafras and a piece of what I think is celery pine
and a few little offcuts of celery and not sure on other 2 yet

Cheers DJ

Originally Posted by djstimber

G'day Follow Pen Turners

I have recieved my pen blanks
What a load of utter crap :eek: :eek: :eek:
No seriously they are some nice looking pieces
One looks like sassafras and a piece of what I think is celery pine
and a few little offcuts of celery and not sure on other 2 yet

Cheers DJ

CELERY PINE:eek:

Huon Pine baby, and the little pieces are myrtle.

Sassafras with a little blackheart on some of em

cheers

dazzler

I received mine on Tuesday yep mine are huon and sassy with some little myrtle bits..

One question what the hell is HIPPOTIGRUS meant to mean???

Got mine today as well. Had to google 'Hippotigrus' to find out what the theme was all about, bet Dazzler had a good chuckle when that was written on the instructions. As in <snort> <snigger> <chuckle>.

Now to make a plan for all the little bits, so I don't disappoint.

So what does hipotigrus actually mean??????

Hippotigrus-----

Mother in law:confused:

A wallowing cow with a roar almost as bad as its' bite? Yeah... I'd say MIL fits the bill.

Still haven't got mine yet, but SWMBO went on hol's early in the week and I'm betting she just happened to clear the mail on the way. I'll find out when she gets back... and then have to go through the "what's all this about then?" routine yet again. [sigh]

haven't got mine as yet....prob get em tommorow or monday..

I received my blanks today thanks Dazzler .....

I must admit I was a little confused ..... I thought the idea was to receive 2 pen blanks from one party and then send on 2 blanks of your own to another member. That way it would be a mystery who sent the blanks and what they would be ...... it would be great if you were able to send out a local timber so Tasmanians sent out Huon, Victoria red gum, WA Jarrah etc. It would also reduce the cost .... you must have spent a packet sending out all the blanks Dazzler.

Perhaps it may be something to consider for the future.

Thanks anyway .... now I have to think how to make best use of the blanks.

Stinky