Olive wood twist pen

[Steve Jones]

Thought I'd share with you a picture of a pen I've recently turned. The blanks are olive and it is finished with cellulose sealer, cellulose lacquer, and friction polish.

thanks for looking

Steve

 

[RodN]

Lovely!

Coincidentally, I have a load of that wood on its way to me right now. If it looks as good as that, then I will be well pleased.

Rod

 

[Woodmagnet]

Very nice Steve, the olive wood grain is great.

 

[Steve Jones]

Thanks for the comments, I managed to get the pen blanks last Saturday from Kevin at Earlswood Interiors, very obliging person can highly recommend him if anyone is in the area.

Can anyone suggest a good supplier ( mail order or otherwise ) for pen kits ?

Thanks in advance

Steve

 

[stevebuk]

beautiful pen there steve, try this guy for pen kits:
http://www.theturnersworkshop.co.uk/

 

[Bodrighy]

Beautiful wood. Pity it's so expensive. Looks really good on the pens here.

Pete

 

[maltrout512]

Very nice Steve.

 

[Steve Jones]

Thanks for the link steve.

Pete, a bundle of 10 blanks cost me £15, but because this is a wood that I hadn't used before I thought I'd give it a go.


Steve

 

[penman]

Hi yes olive wood is very nice for pens, I make quiet a few of them.

The following two links are a good source of pen kits.

http://www.turners-retreat.co.uk/
http://www.stilesandbates.co.uk

I am lucky in that I live only about 40 miles from Turners retreat.
If you need any help with pen turning please contact me as I am only to willing to help. Next wednesday (22-10-08) I will be demonstrating pen making at my local club The EVWA. http://www.evwa.org.uk/
The following is also a useful site to look at.

http://www.penturners.org

My own web site also has a few pens on it.
http://www.pensandplatters.org.uk/

Good luck
Malcolm

 

[Steve Jones]

Thanks Malcolm,
I may take you up on your offer sometime as this was only my second attempt at a pen, the first one, in ash, ended up in the bin, there is still a lot for me to learn yet.

Steve

 

[jayw]

very nice steve
i've just taken delivery of some bethlehem olive wood
from ebay i cant wait to make a pen with it now
i must try your finish looks great
jay

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice looking pen Steve
The wood looks gorgeous,and well finished.

 

[stevebuk]

I am lucky in that I live only about 40 miles from Turners retreat.
If you need any help with pen turning please contact me as I am only to willing to help. Next wednesday (22-10-08) I will be demonstrating pen making at my local club The EVWA. http://www.evwa.org.uk/
The following is also a useful site to look at.

Good luck
Malcolm

hi malcolm
just looked at the EVWA site diary and the event is not mentioned, can you gaurentee this night as i might just pop along myself..

 

[penman]

I am lucky in that I live only about 40 miles from Turners retreat.
If you need any help with pen turning please contact me as I am only to willing to help. Next wednesday (22-10-08) I will be demonstrating pen making at my local club The EVWA. http://www.evwa.org.uk/
The following is also a useful site to look at.

Good luck
Malcolm

hi malcolm
just looked at the EVWA site diary and the event is not mentioned, can you gaurentee this night as i might just pop along myself..

Yes I will definitely be there, It is a "Hands on night" and they are not listed on the web site yet

 

[penman]

Sorry about the 2 identical messages I seem to have found a bug in the system

Malcolm