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  1. 21st January 2014, 12:38 AM #1
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    Default Off to china part 1

    Hi all,
    I have a new client, who lucky for me has a self confessed pen fetish ,
    It all started by giving him a JR gent as a Xmas gift (my wife is a personal trainer and he is one of her regular clients at the gym)
    now he has a range of pens that he alternates on a daily basis, one of which is a montblanc and since he has been using the JR I gave him he said the shape and feel of it has caused him to put all of the others away and exclusively uses mine Even the montblanc,

    so fast forward a couple of weeks and as he is a businessman that travels O/S all the time he has worked out that my pens are great gifts to give to his O/S business associates, which is great news for me,
    So with very, very short notice he asked for an Australian timber pen to take to china as a gift, I had 3 which I was close to finishing so I got stuck in and this is the first one he chose

    A JR Gent wrapped in Brown Mallee burl finished with about 12-15 coats of CA then micromesh with a bit of a polish afterwards,
    hope you like it as much as he did
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    Cheers Ben,

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  3. 21st January 2014, 06:31 AM #2
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    Default Coal to Newcastle

    That reminds me of the old saying Ben, sending it back to where it came from.
    Nice job on the pen by the way. Love the background you have used for the pic.
    Cheers,Ian
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    If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run.
    And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better"
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  4. 21st January 2014, 08:53 AM #3
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    Great pen!! Should be well appreciated by the recipient!
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  5. 21st January 2014, 10:21 AM #4
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    I agree it is a good pen. Personally I do not like the Montblanc pens so I understand where your client is coming from.
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  6. 21st January 2014, 10:10 PM #5
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    Very nice piece of burl, and you have done it justice!
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    very nice piece of burl, finish is fantastic and the fit as well

    anyone would be proud to give that as a present for sure

    well done

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  8. 23rd January 2014, 11:32 PM #7
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    Thanks for all the nice comments guys,

    my customer flys home early next week so I hope to find out how they were recieved!

    cheers Ben
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    Ben

    Mate fabulous work ;-)

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  10. 26th January 2014, 08:08 PM #9
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    Excellent job Ben, nice bit of timber on one of my favourite kits.
    Regards Rumnut.

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  11. 27th January 2014, 07:58 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nai84 View Post
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    Mate fabulous work ;-)


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    Cheers Mate, much the same can be said for you from what I've seen on Facebook lately







    Quote Originally Posted by tdrumnut View Post
    Excellent job Ben, nice bit of timber on one of my favourite kits.
    Thanks Trev,
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