I'm making these pens as birthday gifts to a couple of my top customers at the real job. My wife made my Christmas cards again this year and they were a huge hit. So I thought I'd work off of that excitement and dazzle them with custom made pens for their birthdays. Along with custom birthday cards made by my wife of course!
One of these customers was a no brainer on what type of wood to use. He is also a woodworker and is quite fond of using Purple Heart in his projects, so that's what he's getting. The other customer is a little harder to figure, so I went on the hunch that anyone would enjoy a pen made of Bird's Eye Maple.
Here's a look at the end result. The Purple Heart is the darker color.
The two blocks the pens are leaning on is what the pen blanks look like before cutting, drilling and turning. These two pieces are Cocobolo (top) and Padauk.
4 comments:
The birds eye does make a great pen. The purple heart pen is cool, I just can't write with a big pen. I hope your customers like 'em!
I like the block on top, under the pens. I don't care for a big pen like the purple heart, but the style of the light one looks nice.
Hint, Hint!!!
Cindy
ps great job on the pens.
Wow, cool! I'm with Cindy on the shapes. I've never heard of Purple Heart wood before. Exotic! I like the top block of wood too. You're sure getting handy... ~:^)
yeah, I have to admit after having both pens sitting on my desk all day that I like the shape of the lighter Bird's Eye pen a bit better... live and learn.
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