Took my daughter to see Steve Hofstetter Thursday night and discovered she doesn't have one of those purse hanger hook thingys. So I made her these today. On the left is bocote and on the right is a lamination of (R-to-L) paduk, walnut, black palm, cherry, and a smidge of maple.
@tdotrob wait, what is a purse hanger hook thing? I truly don’t know. I always just toss my purse on the closest flat surface.
@Eponine I could explain but a picture is worth 1k words. ;-)
@Eponine I've used a few types of pen case, and make my own wooden flat boxes for the expensive pens. For bulk storage, I have a few sizes of tubes like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008RLPBFS
I recently obtained a threading jig for the lathe and want to try making round wooden pen cases with screw-top lids. At that level of effort, these would be for the expensive pens only, I think. But super cool if I can pull it off.
You made me go look at #CoSoPens - you've been busy! I'll have to start using it.
@tdotrob I was thinking something more like this https://www.pennstateind.com/store/PK-DISP64.html
The separators keep the pen barrels from bumping an scratching one another.
The individual tubes take up too much space.
@Eponine Ah, yes. That's quite a nice one. I think my needs are more modest because I never have more than a couple dozen in backstock.
By the way, did you see any fountain pen kits at PSI that looked good? I have steered clear because I do not use them and don't know anything about nibs, cartridges, etc. But I've had multiple ask and I think I need to stop declining those requests.
@Eponine Hehe. PSI has a BUNCH of fountain pens... but they're not the best ones in my opinion... There's one supplier, I forget which one right now, but they actually have multiple really exceptional fountain pens, and they actually carry alternate size nibs for them so you can basically build your own... I was going to get one someday for myself but it was a 200$ investment I didn't feel like making. @tdotrob
@Eponine My guess is they're interpreting this and just blocking fountain pens: https://pe.usps.com/IMM_Archive/HTML/IMM_Archive_20060108/imm/immicl/immiclcd_003.html
@Eponine @Brisse Well, this thread took off while I was away! Last day of work. I expect to have some shop time between gigs and I'm itching to try making fountain pens.
Berea brags about the nib quality on their Baron kit so I'm guessing it's a bit better than the PSI and modestly priced. Good starter pen?
https://www.bereahardwoods.com/pen-kit/sets/baron-upgrade-gold-fountain-pen.html
@Brisse I feel horrible, just HORRIBLE I say, that I turned you on to that web site. 😂
I recommend you add the following to your list of daily affirmations:
Elegant Emperor is a penguin, not a pen.
(Repeat thrice daily as needed. May cause headaches or irritability. Do not chant affirmations while operating heavy machinery.)
@tdotrob Meanwhile, my dollar bills 💸 just flying into their pockets. @Eponine