shaking off the dust

[Russianwolf]

So I went and did some shop cleaning this weekend and then Patrick (Siliconbauhhouse) stopped in to pick up some stuff he paid for about 6 months ago. Great seeing ya again Patrick. Then I got back to the lather and finished these over the next two days and I have about 20 more glued up for the coming week.

1 My own Blizzard Blank on a Platinum Euro Fountain (the blank has a slight swirl/marbling that's really nice instead of pure white.
2 A Blue and Black Swirl on a Chrome Cigar
3 Cherry Burl on Two-tone Ti Gold Cigar
4 Irish Bog Oak on a Two-tone Paltinum Cigar
5 Cocobolo on a Chrome Cigar
6 Osage Orange on a Chrome Cigar (the lower blank cracked in half but I couldn;t throw it out, the cracks are still visable ;(
7 Rosewood Burl that the seller described as So-So ( I want more of this crap.) on a Two-tone Ti Gold Cigar
8 My own Clemson Chaos blank on a chrome Slim. Very appropriate given Clemson 3-3 start to a very anticipated season.

[TB Roye]

Nice looking pens. I really like the Bog Oak and would like to get sometime. I am looking at getting to bigger fancier pens and fountain pens when I buy my next batch of kits. Right now my 2 favorite woods are Rosewood and Desert Ironwood.
I had to give up turning for a week or so, I messed up my shoulder back in August playing Wii with the grandkids and have been reagravaiting it with other thing I have been doing and have done a lot of turning so I am taking 10 off of everything like woodworking, cars, painting and giving it a rest and it seem to be working. Did you get that so so Rosewood Burl from Nolan?

Tom

[Uncle Cracker]

Nice work, Mike... I really like how that RW burl turned out.

Looks like Clemson is gonna open a new can o' coaches, so the chaos continues...

[bigstick509]

[gad5264]

Very nice Mike

[Russianwolf]

Tom, yep the RW Burl came from our old pal Nolan. Disgusting some of the stuff he pawns off on us isn't it. What's even worse is that the pic doesn't show the depth and chatoyance of the wood nearly enough. I did have to fill two little spots on the upper blank, but you can barely notice them now. Heck, I might be the only one who could figure them out now.

Uncle, Yeah I'm usually disappointed with Clemson fans and how quickly they will fire a coach (I thought Tommy Hill was doing okay but they booted him after only 4 years, how's a coach supposed to make much headway with that attitude) but they've given Bowden Jr. 10 years and with a loaded offense and reliable defense he's still finding ways to mismanage it. I think he'll be gone this season. The only question is who to replace him with. I don't think they can throw enough money at him to get Saban to switch. Maybe Wake Forests coach, he does great things with less talent maybe with a boat load of talent he could do the impossible.

[Uncle Cracker]

...but they've given Bowden Jr. 10 years and with a loaded offense and reliable defense he's still finding ways to mismanage it. I think he'll be gone this season.

He already is... They canned him yesterday. Kiffen is available.

[TB Roye]

Mike

Nolan lives about 45 min to an hour away and is part of our Nor Cal/Bay Area IAP chapter. I am thinking of taking a ride down one of these day just to see what he has. Truth be know I have gotten better blanks both wood and plastic and cheaper in price off the IAP site than I can get from the normal vendors. I have a hunk of Rosewood Burl that I am trying to decide wether to cut it up into pen blanks or into 2 or 3 bottle stoppers.

Tom

[Whaler]

Beautiful pens Mike. I love that Rosewood burl.

[Russianwolf]

He already is... They canned him yesterday. Kiffen is available.

Wow! I just mentioned to LOML on Sat. that I'd wouldn't be surprised to see him canned by the end of the season, but I didn't think they'd do it that fast.

I'd love to see the big defensive guys come back to Clemson. The William Perry's who pick up RB's carry them back 5 yards and slam them to the ground. You know Bigguns.

[Russianwolf]

Mike

Nolan lives about 45 min to an hour away and is part of our Nor Cal/Bay Area IAP chapter. I am thinking of taking a ride down one of these day just to see what he has. Truth be know I have gotten better blanks both wood and plastic and cheaper in price off the IAP site than I can get from the normal vendors. I have a hunk of Rosewood Burl that I am trying to decide wether to cut it up into pen blanks or into 2 or 3 bottle stoppers.

Tom

He definitely has some nice stuff (I'm talking to him about some antler right now). But I do get my hands on one thing that he can't (or at least doesn't) and that's the IBO I've got about $1000 worth in the shop right now and I'll be ordering another box next month I think.

Unless I'm looking for something very specific that no one on IAP has, then I buy from them. Big Rob has some nice wood too.