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My first "high end" pen

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My first "high end" penSo this is my first “High End” pen. I've been doing a bunch lately and enjoying them. A lot have been from blanks that I poured, or hybrids. I was lucky enough to get a piece of Cocobolo Burl though, so I wanted to get in a few practice pen first. The kit that will end up on the Cocobolo Burl is an Imperal Fountain from Dayacom, so that will get shown once I get the drill bits in for this kit.This is a Redwood Lace Burl that I stabilized. the kit is a Nouveau Sceptre Fountain Pen Kit in Black Titanium & 22KT. Sanded to 600 grit before doing 10 coats of CA. 5 coats were Mercury Flex thin, the other 5 were Mercury Flex medium. After this dried, it got a complete micromesh treatment and then polished with some Maguires #7.Next for practice, will be a Black Ash Burl on a Statesman roller ball, another somewhat medium/high end kit. Maybe a few more Virage fountains too.I can in all honesty say, writing with a $30 kit like this one and a $6-$10 kit like the ones I was making previously is like night and day.Rich



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Desk for my teenage daughter

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Desk for my teenage daughterWith my kids doing virtual school instead of in person, my 13 year old daughter really needed a desk. So, I built this for her. It's made from birch plywood and poplar. She specified that she wanted the drawers and the keyboard tray, and she wanted it painted white to match her room. Sadly, it took me longer than I'd wanted to build, so she didn't actually get it until the last week of school. But they'll be doing virtual learning again in the Fall, so it'll get a lot more use then.



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Casket for a dog.

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Casket for a dog.This was an unusual request for me. My Sister in law has a very old dog. Well over 17 years old and getting in bad health and getting close to passing. She asked me if I could make a box to bury the dog in. Just a box. I told her it would be my honor. I decided “just a box” would not do. A special dog deserves a special box. This is what I came up with. Still simple but with added touches such as a good finish, a cross and padded inside made it a little better. The dog is a yorkshire terrier, small dog but I needed to size it. I drove my cats crazy measuring them. About the same size. Thanks for looking.



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