Show Us Your Oblique Penholders!

[Lyander0012]

Man, if I had any sort of hand-eye coordination, I'd love to join in and try making some on my own! If anything, I'd be able to maybe make an oblique holder that can withstand the sort of stress I'm likely to throw at it with the sort of outre design that I'd never tire of appreciating, haha. Ah well, that's why the awesome craftsmen (and craftswomen) here on the FPN are godsends!

 

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I'm just gonna be spending time looking at all the pretty pictures here, LOL XD

 

 

Kevin

[mvarela]

 

It's up to you. Frankly, you might be best buying a Speedball holder and a dozen or so Principal EFs and seeing if this is something you're really interested in. Plenty of time to buy something better later on.

 

 

The Speedball holder doesn't take the Principal very well...

Edited January 7, 2014 by mvarela

[hzsimms]

Man, if I had any sort of hand-eye coordination, I'd love to join in and try making some on my own! If anything, I'd be able to maybe make an oblique holder that can withstand the sort of stress I'm likely to throw at it with the sort of outre design that I'd never tire of appreciating, haha. Ah well, that's why the awesome craftsmen (and craftswomen) here on the FPN are godsends!

 

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I'm just gonna be spending time looking at all the pretty pictures here, LOL XD

 

 

Kevin

 

Just grab some sticks and start carving and turning, you'll pick it up in no time!

 

Howard

[hzsimms]

Couple of new ones.

 

Tried a new kind of paua shell on this one.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/photo1_zps3fb68b20.jpg

 

The inlay on this one is azurite. Thought this was a really nice piece of bocote wood.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/photo2_zps9c1e8d7a.jpg

 

Howard

[Lyander0012]

 

Just grab some sticks and start carving and turning, you'll pick it up in no time!

 

Howard

 

 

Thanks for the advice, and although I'm not very likely to heed it (well, maybe a few basic staffs....), I appreciate it all the same!

 

Also, those are some really nice holders you've got there! The first pen you posted reminds me a lot of those vintage pens that pop up from time to time; amazing finish!

 

Looking forward to more awesome stuff on this thread!

 

 

Kevin

[hzsimms]

 

 

Also, those are some really nice holders you've got there! The first pen you posted reminds me a lot of those vintage pens that pop up from time to time; amazing finish!

 

 

Thanks Kevin, I appreciate that. Good eye, by the way, it's the same stuff: ebonite.

 

Howard

[Lyander0012]

Haha, though I've yet to own one, I've taken a recent interest in vintage pens. My current dream pen is a burgundy Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman (with the "Palladium Silver" conical nib). Man, if only I had the money to get involved in those intense bid wars... I saw a NOS one up for grabs just yesterday, too

 

Erm, bit off-topic, sorry XD

 

Anyway, it's a bit hard to mistake ebonite for anything else, really. The finish and gloss is really rather distinctive. Haha, what other materials have you made pen holders out of, if I may ask?

 

 

Kevin

[hzsimms]

Haha, though I've yet to own one, I've taken a recent interest in vintage pens. My current dream pen is a burgundy Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman (with the "Palladium Silver" conical nib). Man, if only I had the money to get involved in those intense bid wars... I saw a NOS one up for grabs just yesterday, too

 

Erm, bit off-topic, sorry XD

 

Anyway, it's a bit hard to mistake ebonite for anything else, really. The finish and gloss is really rather distinctive. Haha, what other materials have you made pen holders out of, if I may ask?

 

 

Kevin

Big fan of the old snorkels also. The vast majority of my holders are wood with a little ebonite thrown in from time to time for good measure. Now, as far as decoration is concerned, I've tried everything from acrylic to abalone shell to funky little shiny things my daughter puts on her fingernails. Some of it works nicely, some of it fails colossally, but it's all fun.

 

Howard

[hzsimms]

Just finished this last night. There was a wooden towel bar in our master bedroom closet when we bought our house a few years ago. Why there was a towel rack in the closet behind the door I never figured out, but I finally got around to taking it out and putting up a tie rack. I thought it was a waste of a dowel rod to throw it away so I took it to the shop and made this.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/IMG_3074_zpsad196322.jpg

 

It's mostly an experiment in tinkering but not a bad repurposing of a bad towel rack!

 

Howard

[smk]

Howard - I love projects like these and yours is a masterpiece. I love it.

 

S.

[mvarela]

Just finished this last night. There was a wooden towel bar in our master bedroom closet when we bought our house a few years ago. Why there was a towel rack in the closet behind the door I never figured out, but I finally got around to taking it out and putting up a tie rack. I thought it was a waste of a dowel rod to throw it away so I took it to the shop and made this.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/IMG_3074_zpsad196322.jpg

 

It's mostly an experiment in tinkering but not a bad repurposing of a bad towel rack!

 

Howard

That is beautiful!

[MusinkMan]

Awesome, Howard! Nice use of an old towel rack to be sure!

[hzsimms]

Howard - I love projects like these and yours is a masterpiece. I love it.

 

S.

 

 

That is beautiful!

 

 

Awesome, Howard! Nice use of an old towel rack to be sure!

 

Thanks for the kind words! Here's the rest of the towel rack.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/iPhone-20140125-105655708_zpsaf3e2bf5.jpg

 

I tried to do some carving on the end of this. I was shooting for a red rose, but I sort of got a pink pine cone. Oh well, it can only get better from here!

 

Howard

[kingcobradude]

I dont see the pink pine cone. looks more to me a rose that is just starting to bloom

[hzsimms]

This is a new, Salman inspired pen. I'm really fond of this design. The more I write with it, the more comfortable it feels.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/GuitarTail_zps662c026f.jpg

 

I thought the transparent stuff just sort of looked cool.

 

Howard

[mvarela]

This is a new, Salman inspired pen. I'm really fond of this design. The more I write with it, the more comfortable it feels.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/GuitarTail_zps662c026f.jpg

 

I thought the transparent stuff just sort of looked cool.

 

Howard

Wow, Howard! That looks amazing!

[zemof]

Here are a few custom orders I finished up over the weekend.

 

This is a matched set...a straight holder and an oblique holder. A bit of a different look, yes? LOL!

No, it's not white paint, they are made from American holly which is white. I thought they were cool.

 

 

 

awesome work from Brian as always…and I told a dear friend he’s the go-to man for obliques, and it only took him seconds to decide on this blue handle below…!

 

 

hahaha Thank you Doug. Here's a blue one I completed today.

 

 

@hzimms it’s cool how you’re experimenting and that metal celtic knot thingy, how and how did you get it??! love the inlays you do with your holders too…!

 

Just finished this last night. There was a wooden towel bar in our master bedroom closet when we bought our house a few years ago. Why there was a towel rack in the closet behind the door I never figured out, but I finally got around to taking it out and putting up a tie rack. I thought it was a waste of a dowel rod to throw it away so I took it to the shop and made this.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/IMG_3074_zpsad196322.jpg

 

It's mostly an experiment in tinkering but not a bad repurposing of a bad towel rack!

 

Howard

[hzsimms]

 

awesome work from Brian as always…and I told a dear friend he’s the go-to man for obliques, and it only took him seconds to decide on this blue handle below…!

 

 

@hzimms it’s cool how you’re experimenting and that metal celtic knot thingy, how and how did you get it??! love the inlays you do with your holders too…!

 

 

Thanks zemof, I appreciate that. The celtic knot thingy is some kind of a bead part. It goes on the end of something, although I'm not real sure what exactly. It looked cool and, more importantly, it looked like it would fit on a pen shaft. It took a little boring and cutting, but it went on. Now i just hope my wife and/or daughter don't go looking for the thing!

 

Howard

[zemof]

 

Thanks zemof, I appreciate that. The celtic knot thingy is some kind of a bead part. It goes on the end of something, although I'm not real sure what exactly. It looked cool and, more importantly, it looked like it would fit on a pen shaft. It took a little boring and cutting, but it went on. Now i just hope my wife and/or daughter don't go looking for the thing!

 

Howard

 

…guess it might be just that! There are a lot of cool and ornate beads around but i personally buy bigger ones to use as charms on pen pouches…

[hzsimms]

Here is something of a departure. I was experimenting with the Salman design and wanted to try one with a little more girth in the handle area. I came up with this.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/IMG_3113_zps095c143b.jpg

 

It feels pretty good, but still felt a little small, so...

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/BulbEnd1_zps063cb936.jpg

 

 

 

Now this one felt about right. It looks like it would be cumbersome, I know, but the "bulb" portion of it fits very nicely in the web between the thumb and index finger and it has really good balance. It may be my imagination, but it feels more stable than the more narrow shafted pens I make. Thought it was a nice piece of wood too! At any rate, looking at it after I was done, and having been previously accused of making a holder that looked like a "duck", I couldn't help but make this one.

 

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p743/hzsimms/Decoy_zps04803ace.jpg

 

I suppose if I can't write with it, I can always take it hunting!

 

Howard