Pens for BV

[Bill Mooney]

Made a few pens for Blind Veterans UK

slimline pens made in London plane Burr, cocobolo & sycamore.

Slimline pens made in xcut oak.

Streamline pens in xcut oak, cocobolo, Yew, sycamore & stained sycamore.

.308 cartridge pens with various timber blanks salvaged from spoilt slims.

TM Zeta in desert ironwood.

 

[Phil Dart]

Nicely done Bill - and all up to your usual high standard, as ever. I really like the cross cut oak ones - they're beauties.

 

[fortress]

All of those pens are beautiful Bill, some have your unique shaping to them, I love all those blanks.

 

[Graham_C]

My word, you've been busy! What a super collection

 

[Terry Q]

Lovely assortment Bill. Well done.

 

[AllenN]

Very nice Bill.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Looks like you've been well busy Bill. Great looking pens as usual

 

[Penpal]

So many marvelous pens Bill a great day of opportunity now to further your cause. I took a long time to admire and appreciate your workmanship my friend.

Peter.

 

[Les ELm]

Nicely done.

Les

 

[Paul hd]

They look great Bill.

 

[sammy]

Brilliant pens Bill, well done.

 

[yorkshireman]

Lovely work Bill mate. When are you at Llandudno mate?

 

[wm460]

Great looking set of pens Bill, I really like the cross cut oak ones.

 

[Gregory Hardy]

Wow - your lathe must be a little warm right now. Your work with the crosscut oak is breathtaking, Bill. The pens are beautiful - the cause for which they were made makes them more so. Well done.

 

[Bill Mooney]

Lovely work Bill mate. When are you at Llandudno mate?

26th September for 2 weeks Keith.

 

[Bill Mooney]

Thank you for your positive comments.
I prefer xcut oak to the grain running the length of the pen as it gives a better grain pattern.
When I sand I start at 100 grit. When I sand open grain timber like oak or ash I put a couple of drops of ca on the 100 grit & sand. The ca & sanding dust fills the grain. I then sand normally down to 600 grit then burnish with shavings. This gives a very smooth finish ready for the final finish whether it be melamine, acrylic lacquer or ca.

 

[woodhacker]

PURE stoaters Bill. Brilliant, love your style of pen making.

 

[KevinMc]

Bill .....I Love the grain patterns on the xcut oaks ones really nice..

Kevin

 

[Unique]

A really nice collection of pens - I especially like those cross-cut oak ones. Also the use of the .308 with salvaged slimline pieces is a successful idea.
Tony