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  • leehljp
    The Full Monte
    • Dec 2002
    • 8732
    • Tunica, MS
    • BT3000/3100

    #1

    Two pens for a wedding

    My youngest daughter is getting married on Saturday, May 27 near Hot Springs, AR. She asked me to make her two pens for the wedding (actually 9). The two pens below are for the wedding sign in and for them to sign their marriage license together.

    The pens are made out of holly. One has some brown in it and I started to make a new one but my daughter liked the brown character of it, so it stayed.

    Today, she said she wanted a pen holder, so what is a dad to do? I made a quick pen holder to hold the caps barely snug. The pens have a dual use now. The guest sign in will be done with the roller ball. The wedding license will be done with the fountain pen - at least that is the current plan.

    (Oh, yes, the 9 pens - 7 Sierra pens made from redwood burl were made as gifts.)

    Two Churchills;



    In receptive holder:




    Pens in place:



    (I might be out of touch for the next three days being a gofer for the wedding.)
    Hank Lee

    Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!
  • GeekMom
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2004
    • 752
    • Bonney Lake, WA.
    • Shopsmith Mark V

    #2
    Beautifully done, Hank! And congratulations to the happy couple
    Karen
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    • Ken Massingale
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2002
      • 3862
      • Liberty, SC, USA.
      • Ridgid TS3650

      #3
      Beautiful work, Hank. Good idea on the holders, too.
      ken

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      • Popeye
        Veteran Member
        • Mar 2003
        • 1848
        • Woodbine, Ga
        • Grizzly 1023SL

        #4
        Super super nice Hank. Classy. Pat
        Woodworking is therapy.....some of us need more therapy than others. <ZERO>

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        • Pappy
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 10481
          • San Marcos, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 (x2)

          #5
          Great idea on the holder, Hank!
          Don, aka Pappy,

          Wise men talk because they have something to say,
          Fools because they have to say something.
          Plato

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          • mater
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2004
            • 4197
            • SC, USA.

            #6
            Beautiful work Hank and I like the idea on the holders.
            Ken aka "mater"

            " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

            Ken's Den

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            • DonHo
              Veteran Member
              • Mar 2004
              • 1098
              • Shawnee, OK, USA.
              • Craftsman 21829

              #7
              Very nice and the pen holders were a great idea and done well.
              DonHo
              Don

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              • DUD
                Veteran Member
                • Dec 2002
                • 3309
                • Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
                • Ryobi BT3000

                #8
                Hank Those are beautiful. You know what Red Skelton said the main cause of Divorce was?









                Marriage. Good Luck to the couple, Bill
                5 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS.

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                • Whaler
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 3281
                  • Sequim, WA, USA.
                  • DW746

                  #9
                  Great work Hank
                  Dick

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                  • leehljp
                    The Full Monte
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 8732
                    • Tunica, MS
                    • BT3000/3100

                    #10
                    Thanks for the nice comments!

                    I should explain something that some fountain pen aficionados might object to - I do not store the fountain pen in the holder and the holders are not meant for that - except during the wedding and reception only.

                    I did make it in a hurry as I had to leave early this morning to travel to the area. Last night as I was about to go to sleep, it dawned on me that I should have drilled a slight angle on the holders. But then it is for temporary use only and after that - husband and wife's personal pens.
                    Last edited by leehljp; 05-25-2006, 04:29 PM.
                    Hank Lee

                    Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                    • gerti
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 2233
                      • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
                      • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

                      #11
                      Nice work, and congratulations!!!

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                      • crokett
                        The Full Monte
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 10627
                        • Mebane, NC, USA.
                        • Ryobi BT3000

                        #12
                        Those are 'quick' pen holders? Beautiful work Hank. And congrats to the happy couple. They will share an anniversary with one of my brothers.
                        David

                        The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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