kits

I had been purchasing pieces and parts from Beaufort Ink in the pursuit of moving away from kits for a while. I still love kit pens - though I am selective about the ones I like to make - but the challenge of cutting some threads and doing a little extra math has been good for me. (I haven't...

I have been asked to make a pen from a 50 cal casing and looking at PSI kits they say they use genuine once fired shells, but their photos don't show the primer end and the guy who wants the pens wants them to have the primers in them. Do the PSI kits still have the used primer in? There is a...

A new one for me here is a Manhattan kit with a Ghost Gum blank. The pen kit was from Pen Kits Direct (PKD) with Chrome plating Ghost Gum an Australian timber that was from Mark (WM460) over a couple of years ago. Finally getting to do some turning of my own for a change.:love_it: Finish -...

Can anyone please tell me the size of the tubes for the Shakespeare pen kits?

Has anyone got a good supplier of these basic kits? I find them popular and I like the look of them, but my normal supplier has been out of stock for a month, and I can't see anyone online with them. (Pencraft usual supplier). Does anyone know where they get supplied from in China etc, I can't...

Beaufort kits. Finally dawned on me why the pen kits were named after "winds". Senior moment, (my excuse anyway) Mind you the "Sirocco" wind is late this year. due mid June. Wonder if there will be any trial kits available soon? :winking: Posted a couple of Tempest kits to their Gallery, not...

Hi all - does anyone know a current source for Phoenix pen kits? (Preferably in the UK) I had a few from Stiles & Bates but they've now discontinued them and not having much luck in tracking down an alternative source. Thanks Tony

Hi all, I have purchased some Sierra click pen kits to make from Turners Retreat. After turning my first blank and assembling the pen I noticed in the kit (and all the kits) that the Chrome extensions are missing, the instructions say that you need this when assembling with the parker style...

I needed some spares for some pens I brought a while ago from Dave and managed to stuff up the mechanisms and at the same time wanting to convert those that I had left into streamlines. I also took the oppertunity to buy a couple of Safety Razor kits. We always hear about bad service from...

Last weekend i had a couple of days back in the shed making pens, the past few months i visited the place made a few blanks and just sat in there until i got hungry, which was only a few hours .. :goesred: Anyway i thought it was about time i started placing some kits onto the blanks i made...

Hello, Wood turning is my relatively new hobby. This is how I discovered pen turning, which enables me to make useful gifts. I am still making my first steps looking for good quality kits, blanks that I like and suitable finishes. Glad to have come across this forum, which seems to pack quite a...

Tempest in Olive Wood (from our very own Neil Lawton) I have only been turning for about a year now, keeping away from the top end kits. At one point I did push the boat out and purchased some JR Gents. Great kits, you could tell the difference between those and slimlines. Then I entered a...

I seem to have less and less time for pen making, so I have taken the decision to slim down my far to bigga pen kit & pen blank stock, somehow over the past 2 years or so I have amassed over 300 pen kits and still have around 400 blanks, so these are going to be slimmed down by about 50%. So...

Being new to pen turning I'm trying to get up to speed quickly. I'd like to be able to turn various styles of pen. I bought the Axminster deluxe compression mandrel and a couple of pen kits and their bushes. I'm happy with the pens as a start. (took piccys with my IPhone, not good) Maybe we...

Keeping in out of the hottest January on record, from my strange Kit Stash started on three different kits, cut and drilled, finding and making ends to fit on the mandrel. One of them has twelve components to be assembled, Bereas Carbine Kit with a small blank only to be turned. locating each...

This is my reward for equal First in the previous competition. I phoned Davey to thank him and I chose Centre Rings for Streamline pen kits. Arrived ten minutes ago in my mail box, So many thanks Davey, great to talk to you as well. My entry below. Kind regards Peter.

A pair of Tempests, 1 Gun Metal and 1 Upgrade Gold, both in "Lava Explosion" blanks from Vince at the Turners Workshop. I really like these kits, it appears friends and family do too.

I've just started turning pens, and am looking to try out some different kits. The problem is that the choice is a bit overwhelming! So far I've tried a few Sierra and Executive kits from Vince at The Turners Workshop, which I've liked. I also had a few slimline (I assume) kits, which came...

These kits are hard to find wood that matches. I think the solid resin is better.

So, I am starting up a Facebook page with a few of my pens to try and sell some, and was wondering this: do you rename your pens from the kit name? I could use the kit name to describe my pens, but I suppose that could let people search for them, finding the kits themselves (and my profit...