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Day 17 and 18 of my summer of turning

I’ve had to double up days again because both my wife and I have been sick lately. Unfortunately, I gave it to her and neither of us has felt like doing much of anything. However, I did promise you on Day 16 that I had another pen to show you and here it is. This …

Introducing the Yarmouth and Day 16 of my summer

Introducing the Yarmouth Twist Pen Today I would like to introduce you to a new pen. Our new pen is the Yarmouth twist pen. This pen has a smooth operating twist mechanism and takes a Parker™ style refill. The pens will be available in platinum with black titanium accents or platinum with gold titanium accents. …

Taken aback and Day 13

Today’s saying Today’s saying is taken aback. When someone is taken aback today it means that they are surprised or shocked, usually by what someone has said or done to them. However, the origin of the saying is actually from a sailing term, where taken aback meant the wind had stopped pushing the boat and changed …

Summer of turning Day 9

Another brief post because I’m still not feeling well. I’ve had this fountain pen done for a while and it was just waiting for pictures to be taken so that I could post it to my sites. This fountain pen features gold accents on the ends and center band. The pen also has a German …

Race day and a new pen style for day 6

It’s race day I’m sitting here today watching the road race in Sonoma. I’ve been a race fan since I was a kid and watched Al Hammond and Mike Rowe battle each other at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. There were other drivers that were fun to watch too like Sam Horn and Leland …

My shop after turning pen sets

This what my shop looked like after finishing up an order for 17 pen sets. They were all made from acrylic and each set consisted of a pen, a pencil and a letter opener. As bad as this looks about half of the acrylic shavings are in the trash can (blue object) directly behind the lathe. …