Mallee Pine from Australia is an easy timber to turn, polished with CA.

Chrome Lock \'n\' Load Bullet Action Pen kit made with the barrel turned from a piece of Camphor Laurel Burl.

This pen is an elegant sierra with matte black and gold. The blank is a custom hybrid using Redwood.

This pen is a cigar pen with gun metal. The blank is a pinecone hybrid blank.

European model pens in various wood essences

Pen model Sierra in various Woods Wood

Here are some examples of how you can take the original Premium Designer kit and give it a whole new look. I teach my students that they can make an original pen kit design 3 times and then they must make it different. The photo on the left is the original Premium Designer. The next one shows that the gold cap was replaced with one made from the cut-off piece of the pen blank. The third photo shows the original center band is gone and the upper barrel has been accented to look like a center band. The upper barrel was cut to reveal the gold coupler as an additional detail. The upper barrel is also sometimes left a bit longer to cover the coupler The last photo shows another example of a turned cap.

Praying Hands in Jerusalem Olive Wood

cocobolo wood and fancy penkit

This is an acrylic screwdriver keychain. The bits magnetically insert in the tool. All bits are stored inside.