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First turnings since March 2020. The first two blanks were kindly donated by David Shepherdson so I don’t know what the timbers are. The next two blanks are xcut Oak. The next blank is cocobolo donated by Mike Wilson. The last blank is unknown timber.

Well at least the outside is near there had to give it a good soaking with sander sealer as some areas are a little soft. This is a rough turned piece donated by Frederick of this forum. I think I also inherited his camera skills(New computer so getting use to it). I just needed to turn something.

This pen is made from an oak blank donated by Neil Lawton. It could be turkey oak, I hope Neil can tell us. It’s finished with melamine & micro wax. Thanks Neil. T

This slimline is dressed in a lovely blank which was donated.

This slimline is dressed in a donated hybrid blank.

Two slimline finished in melamine. One is made from oak & the other from tulip wood. Kits & blanks donated by Woody.

A thank you letter from BVUK for the kind donations. Although not mentioned by name the pens for the military week raffles were donated by our John (fortress). Thank you all for your generosity.:thumbs: up b

kit kindly donated by Frederick

Just a bit of tongue and cheek. I've been practising again and thought I'd have a go at a parallel slimline. Again, the wood is from a donated box, so you can tell me what it is. Melamine finish. Regards Craig

A xcut spalted sycamore slimline pen finished in . The timber was donated by Neil Lawton.

Two slimline pens finished in melamine. The first one is dressed in unknown timber. The second one is dressed in bamboo donated by Bob Lonsdale.

Two slimline pens dressed in English Oak from the roof of Durham Cathedral donated by my good friend Andrew Hall. Melamine finish.

2 .303 cartridge pens dressed in xcut pine. Again the cartridges were donated by Lonz.

9 TM Zetas donated by our Dan dressed in Blind Veterans UK blanks, 12 of which were donated by our Scott. Thanks again to you both. These are selling at £25 each.

23 x .308 cartridge pens dressed in Afghan ply donated by Brian (grump) & the cartridges donated by Alex. Thank you both. These are already selling at £20 each.

First one of the Blind Veterans UK pens. The pans were donated by Dan & the blanks were donated by Scott. I'm not sure where to put the clip so you can see the badge.

A parcel came today from our Dan. I was gobsmacked when I opened it. All the pens were kindly donated by Dan & the blanks by Scott. Thank you doesn't seem enough but it's all I can say. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, IT IS SO MUCH APPRECIATED. Slimlines Deltas Zetas Blind Veterans...

Three TM Zetas dressed in blanks kindly donated by Scott.

These Mistrals were donated by Phil Dart as part of the Royal pens. The first pen is dressed in Spalted Silver Birch. The second pen is dressed in Purple Yew with sapwood donated by Mike Kennedy. They are both finished in acrylic lacquer & buffed with Farecla 300 & 500.

We had a great day today at Blind Veterans UK Llandudno centre when I presented my pens to Sophie - Countess of Wessex. HRH talked to Evelyn then me when I presented the pens. Her pen is dressed in Yew Burr with a left hand nib which she used to sign the visitors book. She was delighted so I'm...