Hello All, I am happy you have selected me to be a part of the Pen-Makers' Guild. My name is Kenn Osborne. I am an "At home Dad" with a beautiful 1 yr old...
Hello troops...you too Rich. Ed Davidson (aka YoYoSpin) here. I live in Colorado Springs, 7,000 ft elevation, facing Pike's Peak. All the shapes and colors...
Hi All: I am happy to be a member of this group and hope that I am able to contribute. I am a 72 year old retired pathologist, married, three children, four ...
Hi everyone, I would like to thank those of you who combined efforts to get this group up and running in spite of the feelings of a few. I have become very...
Hello everyone: I thought I would tell you all a little something about my self. I am a stay at home Dad. Two children Samantha 8 and Ethan 4 . I have been...
Hello to those who have come before me! It is an honor to be a member of 'The Guild'. Looking forward to learning more and hopefully contributing some useful...
Hi everyone, at this point, I know most of you, several personally, but maybe I'll introduce myself for future members. I grew up in Germany, spent 2 years in...
I would like to take a moment to thank you for accepting me into the Guild. My name is Jim Davies and many of you know me or know of me by Jim D or oldtool2....
... I think we're waiting to build some 'critical mass' maybe? Feel free to start any interesting discussion to get over the inital hump! I have something to...
Hi Rich: I went to the gallery and was impressed. Unfortunately the pen shown over my name and in my gallery is not mine. I submitted the "flag" pen with an...
I bought some of the piano key ivory a couple months ago. I was disappointed when I saw how thin they are. This piano was over 100 years old, so they may be...
DARN!!! That explains a lot... without getting into the details here. Sorry about that, we'll fix it! Suggestion, though: Please do follow the rules and...
Yes, the thickness or rather lack thereof puts a limit on what you can do. How thick were your strips? When I order more, I will ask them to pick. I'm sure...
I didn't measure the thickness, but they are clearly too thin for my use. I also was to receive some ebony keys, but found out when I cut into them that they...
... We made a conscious decision not to enable the group photo section. Yahoo flip-flops every few months, and it's been going downhill. The gallery offers...
We must have used the same source :-) My 'ebony' keys were mixed - some were painted, some were real. Do you buy mammoth ivory thins? Or bandsaw them? I knew...
I cut some on my bandsaw at first. Later, I ordered some from Ivory Works Ltd. I'll probably order them to size from now on. Whatever they use to cut the...
... pen shown over my name and in my gallery is not mine. ... It's fixed, Larry. -- Regards, Rich ==================================================== Richard...
Rich, Great topic! Turning Ivory is a material that is near and dear to my heart. I have a real problem (notice that I said I have a real problem, others ...
Some time ago there was a discussion on clips. Have any of you used clips from one of the companies that was talked about, or made your own? Paul in OKC...
Have you seen Angelo's masterpiece? He obviously went for it. Angelo, I sure would like to hear more about where you went, who made the general design, how...
If anyone is interested in Regency or Ambassador pens from Woodchuckers, drop me a direct note. I liked the Regency pen I made recently well enough I want to...
Uploaded where, Angelo? This group's picture loading involves an email to the address shown in the footer of this msg or on the bottom of the web page. I...
I just received the following email. I have sent a follow up reply. I will let you know what they send for information. Mr. Bill "Hi, We at Jay Enterprise,...
... shapes like hexagonal, square etc. That sounds like it would be interesting. I would like to get some that had flat surfaces and turn them to round in...
In my mind what would be really cool would be if they could form the tube to a closed end like a pen from the 30s or 40s. Then you could finish it as you like....
