My First Elgrande Pen

[William Young]

This was my first attempt at making a Elgrande pen. I made this first one out of bias cut black walnut . I got the kits and some acrylic acetate blanks from Lee Valley on my way back from Ontario last week when I was coming through Saskatchewan.
I have seen some of these Elgrande's made with acrylic acetate but at the pice of those blanks I thought it was best to practice with free wood on my first one. ;D

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W.Y.

[OPA1]

For a first attempt it looks good to me.I really love the grain pattern :)

ED :cool:

[William Young]

My backorder of parts from Lee valley arrived (the ones from where I got some parts in Sakatchewan) so I had some new colors to play around with.

The orange one has chrome fittings and the bronze/black one has upgrade gold fittings.

I am beginning to like using these acrylic blanks. As I have never turned anything but wood for pens except in recent weeks so it will be interesting to see if acrylics or wood become best sellers in my area in upcoming craft sales.

The differece between the chrome and the gold does not show up well in pictures but if does in the hand.
W.Y.

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PS . . I posted this here in general turning because the board for pen making does not allow posting of photos.