My first fine writing instrument order

Grats on the order! I’m guessing by #25 you were probably ready to make a new pen style :p

-- John

I much prefer this pen over other styles because it is only one blank. Much less time to make. I took me 25-30 hours total.

-- -Nickel Risk

Well done….Congrats on your first order and I hope you get many more….great job.

-- Dave.......If at first you don’t succeed redefine success....

Nice job…....you ought to be pretty close to retirement at this point….lol. Well, maybe not, but an impressive “first” order, keep up the good work!

-- Measuring twice and cutting once only works if you read the tape correctly!

Congratulations. no small task I’m sure. These are so beautiful I would call them “writing instrument”, instead of pens!

-- We all make mistakes, the trick is to fix it in a way that says "I meant to do that".

Nickel, Congrats on the order. Great job getting them all done. look good.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."- PortablePastimes.com (Purveyors of Portable Fun and Fidgets)

good point jeffswildwood!

-- -Nickel Risk

Great job, hopefully all those hors were more fun then work

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Congrats and great presentation

-- Norman - I never never make a mistake, I just change the design.

@ASUAlumni02, when dealing with 60 different woods, the project never gets old. Got to love the smells of each wood as your work it. Some smelt like pickles, another like soap, and another like licorice. So much fun. Pens are displayed in a velvet box with gold trim. Kinda pricey but worth the etra cost since these pens are for millionaires. Apparently they like fancy stuff like this.

-- -Nickel Risk

Wow what a big job.Well done.

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Wow congrats on that order! So you too keep the shavings from the turnings? :)

-- Thomas - there are no problems, there are only solutions.

Really exciting project! Prepare for more orders as envious friends of the execs find a new passion for fine writing instruments hand crafted by a master artisan… Who, fortunately enough, is a member of our own community!

(No charge for the marketing lines above) :-)

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I do keep the wood shavings as every now and then there is a defect i the wood that needs repaired. I can crush the wood into a powder, fill the void and then saturate the repair with thin CA glue. When done you cannot tell a repair was ever made.

-- -Nickel Risk

It probably took you longer to find the 60 different wood than it did to turn them.

Good job.

-- With more power you can make toothpicks faster