My New Hobby, or Why Geocities Sucks

Well, as some of you may know, I've started up a new hobby. I bought a mini lathe, and I've started turning pens. I've even sold a few and gotten a few orders for more, so it's going pretty well.

After talking to some people I don't get to see very often, they suggested I put some pics of my pens online so they could see them. I tried putting them up on an old geocities page I hadn't touched in years, but apparently, I can only put four pictures a day on there before I'm over my limit and they take my page offline. Yes, I know, geocities sucks and that's why no one but high school students and the technologically challenged use it anymore. My mistake.

Anyway, since I have this blog and I never have anything worthwhile to add to it, I've decided to switch it over to a showcase for my pens. If you see anything you like, let me know. If you see anything you don't like, well, I really couldn't care less.

The first pictures I'm putting up are of acrylic resin pens. All of my pens so far are twist pens, not click pens. I also make mechanical pencils, keychains, letter openers, and wine bottle stoppers/corkscrew combos (no pictures of these yet). Soon to come are magnifying glasses, pen lights, keychain lights, click top pens, and anything else I care to try. Check back every now and again -- I'll try to put new pics up whenever I make more pens. Also, if you really like a pen, but it's already been sold, I can make another from the same materials, so just let me know.

Without further ado:


Black acrylic comfort pen with wood accent



Black acrylic comfort pen with wood accent



Black acrylic comfort pen with wood accent



Black and grey acrylic with Celtic knot hardware


Black and red acrylic with silver hardware



Blue swirl acrylic with plain gold hardware



Blue swirl acrylic with gunmetal hardware



Burgundy swirl acrylic with accented gold kit



Gold acrylic with black rubberized kit



Green acrylic comfort pen with silver kit



Green and bronze acrylic with copper kit



Maroon acrylic with gunmetal kit



Maroon acrylic with silver kit



Orange acrylic with silver kit



Purple acrylic with satin chrome kit



Purple acrylic with satin gold kit



Red acrylic with satin chrome kit



Red and black acrylic with black chrome kit



Teal and black acrylic with gunmetal kit



Birdseye maple with black enamel kit (sorry it's fuzzy)



Birdseye maple with silver kit



Black and gold wood laminate with gunmetal kit



Black and pink wood laminate with gunmetal kit



Bubinga wood with gold Euro kit



Mexican bocote mechanical pencil with accented gold kit



Mexican bocote with black enamel kit



Mexican bocote with satin chrome kit



Mexican bocote with silver kit



Mexican Redheart with plain gold kit (sorry the picture's not too clear)



Dyed Box Elder with copper kit



Ziricote with silver kit (the wood has a nice grain pattern that's hard to see in this pic)



Blue and white swirl acrylic cigar pen



Deep red acrylic cigar pen



Deep red acrylic Euro pen



Purple swirl acrylic cigar pen



Blue and black acrylic pen-pencil set with accented gold hardware



Green acrylic pen-pencil set with accented gold hardware



Fire red acrylic pen-pencil set with accented gold hardware



Aqua acrylic with gold detatchable keychain



Mexican bocote with gold, Birdseye maple with silver, and Mexican bocote with silver

These are all the pictures I have at the moment, but I've made quite a few more pens, keychains, and letter openers, and I'll try to get the pics for those and post them soon.