Wedding Pen

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Oahunative

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Hi Group,

I have a nephew getting married in Sept. of this year, I thought it would be cool to make the pen or pens that are used to sign the guest registration book.

I have two questions,

Are there typically 1 or 2 pens used at the greeters table?

Is there a particular style of pen the would be most appropriate?

Also, please feel free to include the wood type that you think would go well with the pen style suggested.

Thanks everyone!
 
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Usually one pen at the greeters table. I made one that was a rollerball for the greeters tables and a fountain pen for their personal use.
 
It would be cool if you could make some type of heirloom pen (using wood from your nephew's and/or niece-in law's (!?) yard...or an old desk or chair or whatever...). A simple two-toned pen would be cool for a wedding. I recently made a pair of pens for a friend's wedding and used pecan from her yard. I burned two accent stripes near the cap of each and put them in a nice pen display. Although the were "just" slimlines, they looked ok and the couple went on and on about them, especially since the wood was something personal.

Just a thought...or two.
 
I recently made a pen for my daughter's wedding. Chose to not make the small slender typical bride's table pen. You can see the one I made in my photos. The engraving was done by Ken. It's a white marble celluloid blank from CSUSA on a Statesman kit. I think alternative ivory would also make a great wedding pen.
 
Typically there is one pen at the guest book and IMHO it should be white or match the colors of the wedding. It would be great to have it engraved also, names, date.
 
I recently made a fountain pen out of alternative ivory for my sons wedding and they loved it. It was also engraved with their names and a picture of the chapel, engraving by kallenshaanwoods. In retrospect, I would have made a rollerball instead of the fountain pen. Some people could not get the hang of a fountain pen and thought it was out of ink when it was not.
 
Thanks for all the info folks, I was anxious to get home and after reading this post do some research.

The engraving will be very important, do you all think a light fill over a dark wood or a dark fill over a light wood? I have curly Koa, rosewood, Birds eye maple. olive wood, zebra wood ... probably go with the koa though.

Thanks again!
 
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