August 2024 PITH Reveal

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woodwzrd

woodwzrd

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We are now a week down and I hope all of your builds are going great. I'm guessing that some of you are getting ready to ship by now so when get your pen please take pictures and reply to this thread only, with pictures of what you received. Make sure to bookmark and watch this thread so you can find it easier to post your pictures.

If for any reason at all the deadline sneaks up on you and you are not going to make the ship date please make sure you communicate that with your recipient and let me know as well.

Reminder that the ship deadline is 9/2/24

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone makes.

@fnfalguy
@Brandy
@hippi
@egnald
@cl1237
@naynay
@woodwzrd
@keithlong
@bugradx2
 
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I received my PITH gift from Ralph, (hippi) yesterday. It is a handsome gold Vertex Fountain Pen in Koa with a lacquer finish. I also found a generous gift of some blanks that Ralph cast and a piece of Spalted Oak in the package. Thank You hippi and best of luck on your fundraising ride for Children's Cancer next month. - Dave

PS A special Thank You to Scott (woodwzrd) for organizing and running this PITH too! - Dave

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Received my PITH exchange from Dave (egnald) All I can saw is WOW! Dave sent me not one, but two beautiful pens. Dave, please forgive me because my poor photography skills don't do your pens justice.
First up is a magnetic rollerball with a grapevine hybrid with a G2 red gel ink. Next is a diamond knurl rollerball dressed in cocobolo with a custom cabochon.

Not only did Dave send me two pens and an excellent selection of blanks, he sent me several cigar kits, bushings and a drill bit.

Thanks Dave!
 

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Ok! My "turn"!

Keith Long (user keithlong) sent me this cool Eco Zen with an amboyna body and also included a bloodwood secret compartment keychain. He also sent me some Bethlehem olivewood blanks along with their COA's. I forgot to grab a photo of the blanks before I tucked them away before my family set them aside for themselves!

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Looks like it's my turn. I received this pen a couple of days ago. Clay(cl1237) made me a Magnetic Vertex Rollerball in leopardwood. One thing about these exchanges is that I receive pens and pen blank from woods I have never heard of. I am a CA finish person but I like the natural feel and look of this wood. Clay was not shy in the extra blanks department. I received several pieces of beautiful blanks. I never expect more the minimum when it comes to blanks, but everyone is always generous. I see some pieces of wood in his offerings that I will need to choose wisely in regard to whether or not they are gifts or personal pens for myself. Thank you for your generosity Clay.
 

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Some greats looking pens and blank collections coming in. When I set the ship date at 9/2 it never dawned on me that 9/2 was a holiday and there would be no mail. With that all pens should be shipped today. If you are not able to make today's deadline please make sure you contact your recipient and myself. I look forward to seeing the remaining pens soon.
 
When I arrived home today, I had a wonderful surprise waiting for me. It was a package from @bugradx2 . Inside of said package was a beautifully turned pen, using my favorite pen kit along with a mix of acrylic and wood blanks for me to play with. He did a fantastic job and I look forward to adding the pen to my briefcase and using it on a regular basis. I think a few folks may notice it. Maybe. 😁

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It would appear as though the holiday last week threw the postal service into a state of confusion as to how to deliver packages in a timely manner lol. It looks like there are a few of us still waiting on our pens to get delivered. If you have shipped a pen that is still in limbo please shoot me a message to let me know so I can make a note in my tracking sheet. If you have not shipped you are now a week late and I would also like to know your situation.
 
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At least you received it finally! Tracking doesn't show delivery but glad you received the pen/blanks.
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Nope still not delivered. The usps tracking updates are pretty vague but I haven't lost hope yet lol. I'm sure it will get here soon.
 
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Nope still not delivered. The usps tracking updates are pretty vague but I haven't lost hope yet lol. I'm sure it will get here soon.
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I'm starting to not have faith :( I'm going to see if I can contact USPS and speak to a live person
 
Keith is not able to upload a picture so he asked me to post what I sent him. I didn't take any pictures with the blanks but here is the pen. My favorite color is blue and Fordite is just one of my many favorite materials to work with so I turned a combination of the two. The component set is a Modesto rollerball for Exotic Blanks

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The last two members to post pictures are @Brandy and me. If the USPS ever decides to deliver my pen from naynay I will get pics posted as soon as possible.
 
The USPS finally came through with my pen from naynay. It is an awesome carbon fiber Jr gent. This is the first carbon fiber pen in my collection. She also sent a bunch of awesome blank to include a primo piece of thuya and some bowling ball blanks. She also included some 308 casings and a slimline kit to make a bullet pen. Thanks for a great swap Renay!
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You are most welcome Scott. Thank you for your patience. I worked hard on that pen and wanted you to have it. I'd like to see what you do with the blanks I sent you. Bowling ball blanks are my favorite. - Renay
 
This PITH is officially closed! Thank you to all that participated for making this yet another successful PITH. I really enjoy organizing these and am already looking forward to the next one.

Look for that next one to be sometime after the Bash (if there is one this year) after everyone has had a little time to recover. If there is no Bash this year I will probably run the next one late February or early March to help break up the winter slump that some of us experience.

If you have suggestions for a theme or things that we can do different shoot me a message and I will add a note to a spreadsheet that I use to track each PITH as well as ideas for future PITH's
 
woodwzrd said:
This PITH is officially closed! Thank you to all that participated for making this yet another successful PITH. I really enjoy organizing these and am already looking forward to the next one.

Look for that next one to be sometime after the Bash (if there is one this year) after everyone has had a little time to recover. If there is no Bash this year I will probably run the next one late February or early March to help break up the winter slump that some of us experience.

If you have suggestions for a theme or things that we can do different shoot me a message and I will add a note to a spreadsheet that I use to track each PITH as well as ideas for future PITH's
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Thanks for running it. This was the first PITH I've done and it was fun.
 
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