Celtic fountain pen and Celtic twist pen

[pittswood]

A commissioned Celtic fountain pen, made from a 100 year old Oak church pew, sealed with shellac and polished with Hut ppp polish. And my wife's Celtic twist ball pen made from English Yew, finished with shellac and CA glue.
I found that the Oak was very dry.
Kelvin

 

[GSteer]

Love the Yew blank Kelvin although I think the colour of the kit parts fit a bit better with the Oak. Spotted these kits recently but must admit the green 'gem' threw me a little, wonder if it could be replaced easily?

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Kelvin.

 

[Les ELm]

Nicely done.

Les

 

[brody2123]

A pair of belter there! Been looking at these kits and now after seeing these, I'm definitely going to get some.

 

[donwatson]

Pair of nice pens there Personally I don't like the kit

 

[Buckeye]

Very nice, the yew is superb

Peter

 

[chas_41_uk]

Yew've done a very nice job on both pens :wink:

 

[Vic Perrin]

A grand job and nice photos

 

[AllenN]

Both nice pens, the yew is particularly striking.

 

[Penpal]

We dont see so much Oak like that over here with that history I love the way you turned and finished the pen the presentation is outstanding retaining the character excellent. Pen 2 two or more faces beautiful blank love the kit as you said first the commissioned one and the sweetener a magnificent Yew for your wife great way to say how much she means to you stunning colour and grain Kelvin two top pens.

Peter.

 

[bluntchisel]

Very nice, Kelvin. That yew is a lovely wood!

Bob.

 

[pittswood]

Thanks guys for your comments,
The yew pen made for my wife had a soft grain on one side just under the pen clip. I had to CA glue it every third passing cut. In the end it was hard enough to cut and polish. All of my Yew blanks I cut from one piece of yew that I purchased from a small shop in Bronwydd, Carmarthan. All the photos of my pens are taken by my wife, one of her many hobbies which include, hand carving, turning bowls (on my lathe), pastel painting of pet portraits and disabled carriage driving.

Kelvin