View Full Version : A pen -- with Leather (?!)
nuhobby
06-02-2009, 09:36 PM
Hi,
I recently saw an interesting article:
http://www.woodturningonline.com/assets/turning_articles/leather_pens.pdf
I tried it myself, with a few shortcuts and changes in technique. To be honest, I may never do it again! But anyway the result is attached. It's definitely different....
tom_k/mo
06-02-2009, 10:51 PM
Interesting Chris, thanks for the link, and nice looking pen.
pinkiewerewolf
06-03-2009, 12:50 AM
Great article!
Very informative, I've bookmarked it.
Chris, your pen reminds me of one of my first fixed blade knives, I like it!
woodburner
06-03-2009, 12:07 PM
That is a different version for sure. May I ask, "why don't you ever want to try your hand at it again?"
Nice looking pen Chris and definitely different. After reading all the steps involved in making this pen, I don't think I would take on this project as it would be awful hard to let someone know all that is involved in the handcrafting phase to get the final result. It would be something that I would not want to part with for all the effort and time involved to make it, as most folks wouldn't give any thought to what effort was put into it. The satisfaction is that you know what it took to handcraft the pen and can look at it and realize the results of a great project.
mbcabinetmaker
06-03-2009, 04:49 PM
I tried it myself, with a few shortcuts and changes in technique. To be honest, I may never do it again! But anyway the result is attached. It's definitely different....[/QUOTE]
Nice pen Chris and That is exactly what I said about this corn cob pen!
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Mark
tom_k/mo
06-03-2009, 05:14 PM
I tried it myself, with a few shortcuts and changes in technique. To be honest, I may never do it again! But anyway the result is attached. It's definitely different....
Nice pen Chris and That is exactly what I said about this corn cob pen!
Mark[/QUOTE]
Mark, nice looking pen. Did you start with a stabilized blank or a raw corncob?
mbcabinetmaker
06-03-2009, 05:20 PM
Tom
It is stabilized if you can call it that. Of the 4 that I tried 2 of them blew up in the turning process. Finishing was a real PAIN also.
Mark