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A Segmented JR Fountain Pen

Jim

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A Jr Gents fountain pen made with Bloodwood, Beech and Blackwood. Given a CA finish using about 12 coats of Medium ...

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Doug

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Beautiful pen Jim, well turned & finished. Worth all the effort in the end my friend :bravo::bravo:
 

edlea

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As above Jim ..a really top notch job:thumbs:

PS Corian arrived today ,Thanks great stuff ,just what I needed.
 

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That's nicely done, have you thought about changing the finial to matching wood?

Peter
 

jttheclockman

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That is a fine piece of segmenting. The thing that sticks out to me is the uniformity of the pieces and the placement. I like that type of segmenting. It shows you took the time to lay it out and execute it. Thanks for showing.
 

Jim

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That's nicely done, have you thought about changing the finial to matching wood?

Peter

Funny you mention this Peter, thou i never thought of it for this pen, one of the reasons i just bought the Axminster mandrel was because of the collet feature it has where the finial idea came to mind ...
 

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Funny you mention this Peter, thou i never thought of it for this pen, one of the reasons i just bought the Axminster mandrel was because of the collet feature it has where the finial idea came to mind ...

Ah, so more to come, I have done a couple so far and it does make a nice difference.

Peter
 

Jimjam66

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That turned out every bit as good as I had hoped it would when you posted the blank, Jim! Just lovely. You still have my address, right? I'll cover postage ...
 
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