Thread: Looking for resources

http://www.pennstateind.com/
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/catalog?Args=
theres plenty more as well, i just havent got them book marked

Youve certainly set your sights High!! that is no bad thing. I personally think that all penturners need to start with simpler kits and shapes where the making of mistakes on the learning curve is frustrating without being expensive. You can also hone your finishing skills and try different materials at the lower end.
Read all you can here, get ideas here.
I think you will find the Gisi's make many of their own fittings. I have certainly never seen anything of thatkind of kit or fittings amongst my searching.
Best of luck and welcome to the frustration.

Thanks guy's for the info, I have been to Penn State's store many times and I have checked all the resources in the book, I have also turned nearly every pen kit from almost every dealer, the pen's I speak of are not any that I have ever seen in any catalog or web site, I think they are parts these guys get from non pen kit companys and are just thinking outside the box,boy I hate that expression.

oh, sorry then, cant help you ( i havent read the book.)

good luck

Dave. What part of New Mexico are ya out of.

I could be wrong but I think the gisi brothers might make most of there own components. Could be wrong though because there pens are so much fatter than the available one we see
Sorry can't help. If you do find where they get there kits from. I would like to learn that too.
bye
Toni

are we talking about these people:
http://www.gisiwriting.com/page/page/1858900.htm

holy sht these are awesome looking pens. like i said earlier: good luck finding a supplier ( and when you do, make sure you tell us )

Boy I love this forum, where we can talk and share, I used to live in the southern part of NM very, very close to the mexican boarder ,I was only there for 2 years , before that I lived in New Jersey and worked in New York for 25 years, grew up in Boston and now live by the beach in Delaware, Gisi is amazing, I found they do make a lot of custom stuff and they buy at wholesale from large pen compan's and re-use parts also here is a link for custom bands for the center of the pen,here size does not matter , if the band is a little on the large size , simply make the tenon larger, scroll thru the site and you will find cool stuff. Dave
http://www.silverfair.us/

I just spoke with Gisi via email and many of his parts are in fact hand made by him,If you do not have this book and you turn pens, you must get it

Thanks for the links Justin and Dave.
I have admired Gisi work for a long time, you can see some of their work on The Penmakers Guild site.

Another good site for penturners is Stylophiles Online Magazine.