This EDC click pen is made from a blank of reclaimed Guatemalan Rosewood. Finished with CA glue and polished to a high gloss finish, this pen is both durable and striking.

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This silent click Executive pen has a more robust click mechanism. Made from reclaimed highly flamed maple, it has been tinted purple, finished with CA glue, and polished to a high gloss.
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This is a figured mahogany silent click Executive style pen. Finished with CA glue and polished to a high gloss. #handrurnedpen #penturning

Spent all of yesterday sanding and putting finish on stuff to sell at a holiday fair, and my thumb is just raw.

I decided I didn’t like the way my guitar finish was so I’m taking another crack at it

Some more pens that I’ve turned lately for commission.

I made a sketching pencil over the weekend out of pen stock that I glued up. It looks great, and now I have a shop pencil that I will try harder not to lose.

I’m in week two of an intro luthier course thanks to work. Here’s some progress pictures.

This place is so cool. It’s the Steel Stacks of the now defunct Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, PA. Now a museum and historical site with a casino built next to it, it’s a really cool place to walk around and see one of the biggest structures imaginable.

Look at these two good boys.