pens

Two Taylors Mirfield Hera pens, one in Olive and one in Yew.

For me!...... After my escapades of having difficulty of turning pens due to numbness in the hands and not being able to feel the transitions between bushes and blank, so I had a chat with our Bill Mooney. Now he is one to inspire many due to his limited abilities, but he gave me some great...

Hi all you good people.I thought I would give a brief review of the delux pen press I have purchased from Beaufort Ink.As well as being used to assemble pen kits it can also be used to disassemble them.If your'e fed up with using transfer punches and having bits fly into the nethermost regions...

Hi everyone, well I finally got my lathe up and running, so thank you to everyone who gave me pointers on where had them in stock. After a couple of trial pens, I turned this one, I wish that I had been a bit braver and turned it a little thinner, but I’ll remember next time. Hand cast alumilite.

Hi guys, do any of you engrave your pens? I'd like to be able to engrave my pens and would be interested to know the types of techniques and tools to do this? Many thanks Dougie

Thought I'd share a fountain pen sketch I did of John Wayne many moons ago, portrait art is one of my passions along with fountain pens and this was the only sketch I did with one. I plan on doing many more now that I make my own pens! :-)

Hi all, New to the forum. Been turning for a wee while but just a few months doing pens. Have a passion for fountain pens and mechanical pencils as I also do portrait art and use both in my art. Had owned a Mont Blanc Meisterstuck 146 for 15 years until I realised I can make luxury pens of...

PICK A MIX PENS 12 different pens from Left to Right starting from A to L How it will work, if you like the pens as indicated from photos you would just say the letter of it. If you like a certain pen but would like a different wood you would say eg Type A and wood E. All these pens will be...

I tend to make my pens with a smooth barrel, in other words having no step between the section/cap threads and the rest of the pen. It is a personal preference I have for holding the pen further up the barrel and sometimes the step present on many pens is a little bit in the way. This quirk of...

Afternoon, Me - I've been experimenting with kitless (spell checker keeps on correcting that to witless.... premonition perhaps:wink:) pens. Here are my first two real attempts at complete pens. The acrylic is Shockwave with an Ebonite section, #6 Bock nib. Closed length 145mm Section 23mm...

Hello,new to world of pens been retired a while after 40 years of woodwork and now very bored by lockup ,despite efforts to rid myself of all the stuff amassed I still have some nice wood so it seemed a nice thing to make a few pens and pencils for friends and family but not yet dipped in, I...

I am fairly new to pen turning I watched a review on youtube of a guy that has been making pens for about the same length of time as me. All though to give him his due he is making kitless/bespoke pens. I could not believe that people are buying them for £125 plus. I am obviously doing something...

Hello, My name is David and I stumbled upon this website while doing some searching for pen making information. Hopefully you folks don't mind an American joining the site! If it helps, my family is mainly English, Irish and Scottish. I am relatively new to the hobby, I have only been turning...

As per my prviouse post, I am slowly getting back into the swing of things. Workshop is now close to being how I want it and casting is now back up and running... Some I make into pens, some I give away to friends that have just started turning and I am starting to get a fair pile of blanks...

Here is my latest pens turned in acrylic and glued with coloured epoxy two pack glue. I was going to turn this in field maple burl but Mark beat me too it with the same pens great minds Thank you for looking C&C welcome James:wink::wink:

Hello all I'm in search of a nice set of pens roller ball and ball point pens as the recipient I think would not use a fountain pen. I would prefer a twist pen and roller ball as a set. cost around £25-30 for the kit as I'm looking at turning in Oak James

Just a quick hello before I start posting, and hopefully acquiring some much needed knowledge. My name is Les and I'm from Wigan, which is a large town in Lancashire. I own a Coronet CL3 which I recently upgraded to variable speed. I have made a few pens which I am quite pleased with but I am...

So yesterday I when to Axminister for a doggy pen and some blanks. and a bought a extra kit pen. On trying to find the bushes for the pens I read and realized that most bushings could be used on different pens and also some pens require 16 mm blanks and some require 20 mm blanks. I would like...

Hello all fellow penturners I newish to turning and have my own lathe bought some time ago from Axminister. So when I first turned my first and only pen it was a pen from Axminister I believe it was a Majestic Fountain pen and I turned it it white and gold acrylic, (had to paint the brass tube...

Hello folks new member here I already have been turning for a few years so good some bad stuff turned out,, the thing is I've never dabbled in pens and have been given a small Axminster lathes which came with a mandrill and I was wondering if all mandrills are to same size diameter wise? David