El Grande Pen with Bloodwood

I had a chance to spend a little time in the shop today (baby was sleeping!) and I made this pen. It is a great pen that writes REALLY well. There is a lady at work that is looking for some Christmas presents to share with her friends and families this year and this is the type of pen that she decided to purchase for herself. I've not yet decided on what type of wood to use on her pen yet. This is my 'prototype' for this pen style as it is the first one I have made of this type. Not bad for a prototype.

A Couple More Pens

These are a couple of more pens I have made recently that I just didn't have time yesterday to post. The top one is made from Bocote wood from South America, and below is made from Kingwood.

SOLD!

A couple of people at my work have seen my pens I have been making and wanted me to sell them some. Below are a few of these pen's, etc., that I have recently made and sold. I have simply put the name of the wood below each item.


Wand made from Tulipwood.

Rapala Lacewood.

Unknown wood. I purchased a bag of Kingwood blanks and this was randomly in with the blanks. Not sure what it is.

Kingwood. I made a matching pencil and sold both as a set.

Father's Day Gifts

I gave this pen to my Dad for Fathers Day. We enjoy golfing together, so I really wanted to give him one with a golf club clip. The wood is Canarywood.
Sorry this picture is fuzzy. This pen was given to my Father-in-Law. My wife wanted to help, so I showed her some basics to turning. She rounded out the blank and burned in the black lines. It was a lot of fun. The wood is Brazilian Rosewood.

My sister-in-law wanted to have me make a pen for her husband for Father's Day. This is a Broker style pen made from African Ebony wood that I made for her.
Last of all for Father's day I made these three viles for Consecrated Oil. I kept one, gave one to my dad and one to my father-in-law. They are made from Olivewood from the Holyland.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all moms! This is a pen I made for my wonderful mother for mother's day. The wood is Pink Ivory, which is becoming one of my favorite woods to turn for pens. It looks so nice when it is polished!

My Wife's Pen

This pen I was really excited to make for my wife. She does a lot with music and when I saw the Clip with the Treble Clef, I had to get it for her pen. The wood is Pink Ivory which shines really well when polished. I put 5 black lines behind the clip in an attempt to make it look like a music staff. She really enjoys her pen.

My First Pen

My good friend Sam and I have talked about wanting to start a woodworking hobby. This year he bought a mini wood lathe and had me over to let me play. We went to Craft Supplies USA here in Utah and bought a couple of pen kits. This pen was my first attempt at making a pen. I had a lot of fun and am now addicted to wood turning.