PITH Photos

[bobaltig]

Here's a pic of the Bocote Ligero Closed End Fountain Pen I made for Eric Swindell. The wood is from Arizona Silhouette and the finish is BLO/CA applied after buffing the wood with Tripoli and White Diamond. Eric, it's on the way to you and should arrive by the weekend.

 

[bobaltig]

Mike, thanks again for sending me this beautiful pen. The wood is spectacular and your workmanship is outstanding. I will treasure this one for a long time.

Bob Altig

Originally posted by Mike in Nanaimo

Here is the pen I made for bobaltig.It is a Baron made from Afzalia Burl and finish is Wipe on Poly.

 

[CSue]

I am elated! I received my pen from Kirk Franks today.

Oh! so very nice! Beautiful craftsmanship, style and finish! And it writes beautifully! Maple, Mahogany and aluminum.
Thank you so very much, Kirk!

 

[Nick]

Here is a photo of the pen that I made for ilikewood in Jerome, ID.
Gold Sierra with Bolivian Cherry. Went out in the mail today

 

[kmab]

I finished my pen for the PITH this week and stopped by the Post Office on the way home from work to send it off to Keithkarl2007 in Ireland. When I opened my mailbox at home there was my pen from fyrcaptn. It's a European Satin Chrome wrapped in Spalted Maple. It is an awesome pen -my photo just doesn't do it justice.

The PITH is an event I won't forget and can't wait for the next one. I just love this place.[]

Thanks to Lance for starting the PITH and to Andrew for the awesome pen!!

 

[Woodlvr]

Here is the beautiful Havana Snakeskin Fountain pen that I received from Don "its Virgil". Great workmanship and really rare color of light green snakeskin. He also upgraded the nib with one from "Lou" and sent me three extra blanks. Thank you so much Don. I also would like to thank all that set this up for their time and energy. This was my first and will not be my last. (Hopefully)

 

[its_virgil]

You're welcome Mike. Qctually the pen is an El Grande. Maybe I reported it wrong to you. I made two ElGrande's and two Havana's the same afternoon and I may have reported incorrectly to you. Glad you like the pen and nib. I've not heard anything bad about Lou's steel flexible nibs. Looking forward to the next PITH.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Here is the beautiful Havana Snakeskin Fountain pen that I received from Don "its Virgil". Great workmanship and really rare color of light green snakeskin. He also upgraded the nib with one from "Lou" and sent me three extra blanks. Thank you so much Don. I also would like to thank all that set this up for their time and energy. This was my first and will not be my last. (Hopefully)

 

[arjudy]

I got mine!

I received this beautiful pen from Dermot Forte of Girvan, Scotland along with an assortment of blanks native to the UK. It is a titanium gold Sierra dressed in spalted elm burr (that's burl for those of us on this side of the pond) finished with CA/BLO. Pen in the Hat is great because of the people you get to meet and correspond with. Thanks for the great pen Dermot. I will always treasure it.

 

[clthayer]

Look at my new pen!!!

I received this yesterday from Ralph, turkey_slayer. It's a beaut of a black and white ebony slimline. Thanks a bunch Ralph!!!

 

[Draconias]

Here is a picture of the pen I sent to DKF (Don). I wanted to wait until he received it before posting. He has recieved it and so here is the picture

 

[SuperDave]

Thanks Gregg!

I received a sweet cross-cut Bamboo (I believe) Zen pen from Gregg Benzel, along with several blanks I look forward to using. He did an outstanding job! I will try to get a picture posted today, but wanted to say THANKS publicly!!

Gregg, if you have a picture, feel free to post it!!

After seeing my first Zen, I might need to turn one myself!


Thanks Gregg,

Dave

 

[eskimo]

Wow, was I fortunate to have Eric get my name. The pictures on Page 4 just can do the real thing justice.

Thanks again, Eric.

Bob Quinn - Eskimo

 

[Modelmaker]

I received my pen from eskimo. I have to say that it looks wonderful, as soon as I get a chance I'll post pics, unless you took some Bob.

Kris

 

[smoky10]

Got mine

This is the pen that Chris Stolicky made for me, its a closed end Sedona, made of Rippled Pyinma, with a CA/BLO finish. Its a great pen and this photo doesn't do it justice.

 

[winpooh498]

Here is the pen I received from Brokenbit. Blood wood, black wood and soda can. The joints are spot on, even and smooth. The finish is also perfect.
I wish I could have gotten a better picture, but the camera batteries went south right after this one.

Thanks again Bernie, I love the pen.

 

[warreng8170]

My submission to gad5264

Here is the pen that I made for Grant (gad5264). I wanted to wait until he received it before posting. He received it over the weekend and was happy with it.

Bocote/BlackTi Cigar

 

[warreng8170]

Here's the pen I did for Warreng8170.
Bocote Baron.

If you think the pic is bad now, you should have seen it BEFORE the photo editing software.[B)]

Hey Ron, I received the pen on Saturday. It's beautiful. For some reason the photo is not showing up here, but I brought the pen to work today to photograph. I will post it later today.

 

[gad5264]

Here is the pen that I made for Grant (gad5264). I wanted to wait until he received it before posting. He received it over the weekend and was happy with it.

Bocote/BlackTi Cigar

Warren,
I am more than happy with it, this thing is absolutely beautiful. I may have to make a trip to visit to get some finishing tips from you.

Thank you for the great pen.

 

[ScribbleSticks]

Here's my PITH pen for 1080Wayne. I'm not much of a photographer yet, so please forgive the bad lighting and focus. It is a gold Sedona with Crosscut Spalted Tamarind.

 

[wdcav1952]

Boy, after viewing this thread, I feel guilty!! I told TBone my pen would be delayed getting to him, but you folks have really raised the bar!!

 

[BRobbins629]

Pith Pen From WriteRev

Just received my PITH pen from WriteRev. Some may know that I was a little reluctant to join this time as the last time I never received a pen. Steve (WriteRev) has renewed my faith. He sent me this beauty in a material I haven't yet heard of on this forum. In addition he included an extra blank of the material for my turning pleasure. Fit and finish are top notch. For your viewing pleasure I present the Cast Cucumber Skeleton. Thanks Steve.

 

[dntrost]

Beauty

Wow that is nice send me the one you turn with the extra blank he sent you as you surely can't use two pens of the same material

 

[les-smith]

Here is the pen I received from Robert Snowden (snowman56). It's made from mesquite burl and really looks great. Thanks a lot Robert, I really like it.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Les, one of my favorites is
Dos Equis XX

Here is the pen I received from Robert Snowden (snowman56). It's made from mesquite burl and really looks great. Thanks a lot Robert, I really like it.

 

[JeeperJohn]

One of ctwxlvr's pens. I also made a mini designer to match. Sorry for the bad picture. It is the only one I took.

 

[Draconias]

Very nice pen from bhenr99

Thanks Bob for the great looking pen. Going to use it at home, hate to lose it at work

 

[Modelmaker]

Here is the Pen I made for Brokenbit. He should've received it by now.
It's Hairy Oak with birch and aluminum. it was inspired by Eagle's works
I hope he likes it.

 

[winpooh498]

I sent out my pen to follow3 today. I did post the pictures in SOYP. Here is a link to it. http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35277

Steve, I hope you enjoy it.

 

[stevers]

Wow Kris, that's really sharp.

 

[bitshird]

Yesterday,
I received this super sweet Atlas/Carbara in a nice white and black acrylic from Dennis Karcher (dkarcher). Thanks very much Dennis, this is the first pen I have received from any one else, and will have a special place in my pen collection, I love the blank, I wish my swirls could turn out that nice, the fit and finish are first rate.
Thank you very much

 

[dkarcher]

Yesterday,
I received this super sweet Atlas/Carbara ...and will have a special place in my pen collection, I love the blank, I wish my swirls could turn out that nice, the fit and finish are first rate.
Thank you very much

Thanks Ken for the comments. I am really pleased that you like the pen. The blank is called "Jersey" from CSUSA.

 

[brokenbit]

Kris My computer has been down the last few days
The pen is super, great job on the feather
this was like Eagle started out with on one of his first pens

 

[Roy_Quast]

Here is the pen that sent to Potolemy, Brad Whittaker. He has emailed me to let me know that he has already recieved it and will try to make this pattern himself.

 

[bruce119]

WOW that is nice. Looks like a LOT of cutting and a LOT of gluing. I have got to try one of those one of these days . When I have some time (which I never do) that looks like it took a LOT of time.

I am working on my pen for tmhawk and like most things I do it will be last minute. But you will get it.

Bruce
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[stolicky]

Hey Roy, what material(s) did you use in that pen?

It looks great. I really have to try segmenting one of these days.

 

[Roy_Quast]

Hi Chris...
The basic blank is mesquite and the lines are colored veneer. A tutorial on how I make this blank can be found here: http://penturnersparadise.ca/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23
It will be under "Christmas pen tutorial" parts 1 2 & 3.

Roy

 

[stolicky]

Hi Chris...
The basic blank is mesquite and the lines are colored veneer. A tutorial on how I make this blank can be found here: http://penturnersparadise.ca/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23
It will be under "Christmas pen tutorial" parts 1 2 & 3.

Roy

That is certainly a 'process'. Thanks for sharing. I will certainly have to try it one of these. I'll add it to my 'I'll get there someday' list.

 

[doddman70]

this is the pen i made for jbpaul it is a home brew pr the photo does not show the colors as well as i had hoped i have been trying to get a "fiery explosion" look i hope he likes it any comments good or bad are always appreciated.

 

[spitfire]

Here is the pen I made for Doug (jdoug5170)
The blank came from Karl Kuehn. I recieved some blanks from Karl and they are AMAZING! He really does a bang up job with his blanks and will be ordering more in the future, truly an artist with making pen blanks. Ok, on to the pen, it is a Black chrome cigar.

 

[warreng8170]

Hey Ron, I received the pen on Saturday. It's beautiful. For some reason the photo is not showing up here, but I brought the pen to work today to photograph. I will post it later today.

I finally got around to taking a decent picture of the pen I was sent. It has a very nice satin finish that feels great. I need to try that on one of my pens sometime. It will be a nice change of pace from the ultra-high gloss that I normally strive for.

Thanks again Ron!!