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2 Mistral ballpens turned today, the one in olivewood will make a matching pair with one of the FP's turned yesterday.

This is a PSI 'Tudor Twist Pen'. In pics I've seen of the kit, makers tend to have the body barrel in plain curves. I thought I'd try and make it a bit more interesting. I wanted to offset the heavy cap fitting and the ornate metalwork with some heavy turned detail and weight in the barrel. To...

Had a good day today and finished all the pens my work colleagues asked me to make. The golfers pen is turned using hickory from an old golf club. The FAT slimline is spalted beech and the medical one is unknown to me????? Craig:thumbs:

Good morning, all. I am in writing to pick the brains of those working without kits. I want to be able to add metal rings to the bodies and caps of my fountain pens. I have done turned contrasting rings by boring the cap, making a tenon on another piece to insert, and then adding contrasting...

Ok go easy on me but this is my first turned pen. Hope picture works.

Here are two om polymer clay pens made from Toni Ransfield blanks. The first pen is polymer clay 7mm tubes cast in clear resin & turned to my usual shape. The second is a standard slimline Pen.

Hi All, This is part 1 of 2 A very short video of my first try with Polyclay. This piece of cane was handmade and is amazing to look at. I managed to ruin it in about 5 minutes. ;-) I'm hoping it will look a little better when turned. Polyclay cane & Resin - YouTube

Another commission. The customer didn't want a clip that looked kike a gun - I can't say I blame him - so some may remember I was asking around a while ago about bullet pens that the clip could be removed. Between us, the customer and I eventually plumped for an Over and Under (its a PSI kit...

I’ve made 19 of these snowmen for table decorations. They are made from a scrap of beech mop stick handrail. The heads & hats are turned from the same timber. They were decorated by Evelyn.

So .... today I turned two slimline pens and they seemed absolutely fine... I will post photos when I take some... Then I turned a blank for a bolt action and it’s so off true you could trip over it... I have asked a question about disassembly of that on another thread but how can the above...

Rhodium TM Zeta dressed in Irish Bog Oak, also turned my wife one dressed in Purple Stabilised Spalted Beech so she didn’t feel left out ?

Hi friends, Some pics of the latest pens i've turned before my hospitalization, was'nt able to post them earlyer for that reason.

Took a little time out from painting my nutcrackers and turned this pen. Just could not get the photo right.

Took some slats of reclaimed Rubber wood that came from a bread bin, and some de-nailed pallet wood and turned them back into trees!:funny:

Hi All, My first bottle stopper. Not too bad. Next time I will make sure the screw goes into wood rather than the resin. Pinecones look amazing when turned. Pinecone & Resin - YouTube

Hi not long back from a little trip to Venice where I saw this little shop.. lost of turned items

This weeks Pen of the Week chosen by GeordieB goes to the Guns n Roses Bullet Pen made by Walter Hall. George said "This pen really stood out to me, everything about it shouts class. Turned, finished and photographed beautifully. This pen is stunning Here is the link to Walters original post...

Hi all Last week I had the opportunity to visit Bill who as it turned out lives near to me and had kindly responded to my earlier question as a newbie on how to finish pens... I turned two wooden ones and an acrylic and here are the three that I finished following his methods and...

I turned an egg but it kept rolling off the mantle piece so I made a stand for it. George

A Chrome Tempest Click pen. Made with Tibetan Silver Registered Nurse Clip. Main body turned using a Conway Stewart Acrylic Azure.