I've posted these before on the Other Things You Make forum. I make and sell a lot of these. This one is a little bit special because of the woods involved - the cap is teak and the bottom of the box is lignum vitae. I had to wet sand the bottom because the lignum vitae clogged up the sandpaper...
I finished up this Euro pen the other day with a CA finish, I think it turned out pretty good. The wood is Teak, and it has a story behind it. The teak was given to me by a friend who was a Seabee in the Navy. He told me the wood came off a cargo ship that was running between Taiwan and Africa...
Just finished up this 19 pen order for a corporate client. I have a love hate relationship with multi pen orders. Love the income even though I generally discount larger orders and a hate for all the time spent processing so many at one time. Love how they look though. It's interesting the...
Hey all,
So I am attempting to make a pen for my boss who has a boat. Doing the Nautical Pen from PSI (even though I hate PSI) and I purchased some Teak Burl blanks. It's a very light colored teak and not at all like you would see on a boat (that warm, dark, reddish teak color). The blanks...
I am not thrilled with this pen. Because I expected more. I got this teak board that is all curly... not heavy maple curl but a moderate yet distinct curl which is pretty uncommon in teak. To kick it up I decide to cut some on the bias. The wood had some dark streaks and other odd patches...
Greedy's from the great upper Midwest Illinois, Just join today, turn 5 pens already and having a blast I might say !!!.
So where does one go to find inlay penkits? Or can someone help me out if I was to mix my own acrylic pen blank material.
Louie B.:rolleyes: