Thread: First "fat" pen - Karelian Birch

Very, very nice indeed sire!!

I have a solitary piece of Masur Birch that needs reshaping into something like that.

Nice shape to the pen and lovely grain, top work, well done

Okee Dokee cobber that is very nice. Love the timber and the way you have produced a very nice pen.

Thank you gents for your comments.

Beautiful timber

Could be photo, but looks like you are under at one end and over at the other on the actual pen (ie not cap). Not sure of your kit, but sometimes they are different at each end (ie bush sizes different by a smidgen), so you need to check assembly of them. I know JR Gents for example are different and I have many times assembled them the wrong way around.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Beautiful timber

Could be photo, but looks like you are under at one end and over at the other on the actual pen (ie not cap). Not sure of your kit, but sometimes they are different at each end (ie bush sizes different by a smidgen), so you need to check assembly of them. I know JR Gents for example are different and I have many times assembled them the wrong way around.

This is JR Gent - so it is indeed possible that I assembled it wrong way, since I didn't realize that the sizes are slightly different! The good thing, is that in real pen (i.e. not on 'magnified' photo) this is barely visible, and the new owner, who got this as a gift, is quite happy with the pen

Very nice timber and a job well done. I agree with dai sensei, although it looks to me that the end of the blanks were not squared off before assembly which shows up a small gap. Nevertheless, keep on at it.

Man that timber is beautiful, looks great on that kit, well done.

Originally Posted by plantagenon

although it looks to me that the end of the blanks were not squared off before assembly which shows up a small gap.

That's just a shadow. The blanks are properly squared, and there is no gap between metal and wood. Just small diameter mismatch, which only the experts like you can see

that piece of wood has some magic character to it, wonderful

the finish looks great as well

MIK

Ilya, Two weeks pen turning fantastic pen Welcome to the site, take care and look forward to more of this quality.

Kind regards Peter.

Well, it's more like couple of months, but not many pens so far...