Rollerball Pen – Walnut with Maple wavy lines, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Another nerve-wracking but successful Rollerball experience… no, not the 1973 James Caan movie… the equally harrowing Rollerball pen construction… actually it’s not that tough once you know what you’re doing…

This one is black walnut, with inset wavy lines made of maple. You can purchase [...]

"Churchill" style Rollerball pen, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

OK now I’m REALLY excited… this is a so-called Churchill-style pen, and one that Winston himself might have been happy to sign important stuff with. The rollerball technology gives fountain pen performance and class, with none of the fuss.

It’s made of African Spalted Stinkwood, which does NOT stink, [...]

Celtic Wavy Line, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

My new favourite pen that I made just now! Purpleheart with maple accents including the two wavy lines. It’s the same technique used for making a Celtic knot, but I only took it as far as this, the historically less common Celtic wavy line.

Check out the video on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zMiJN_kkI

Five Custom Pens, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

These are some recent pens customized from the basic kit, which involves (at least) replacing the stock centre band with a larger wooden one. Sorry about the price tags, I should have taken the picture BEFORE I put those on… tacky…

(l-r) Curly maple w. purpleheart; Purpleheart w. maple (2); [...]

Six Euro Pens, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Six recent “Euro”-style pens. (l-r) African Spalted Stinkwood, Purpleheart, Redheart, Maple Burl (2), SE Asian Red Palm

Two Breadboards, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Two new breadboards, hard maple with purpleheart racing stripes. Aproximate dimensions: (l) 8″ x 12″ x 1″ and (r) 9″ x 12″ x 3/4″. They both have a recess routed into each end from the underside, so it’s easier to get your fingers underneath to lift them and set them [...]

Five Pen and Pencil Sets, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

That’s it for these… unless I get more kits. Materials are (l-r) African Spalted Stinkwood; Zebrawood; Purpleheart; SE Asian Red Palm; Maple Burl. As with anything made of wood (or acrylic in some other cases) that you see here, please let me know if you’d like to [...]

Inventory – Bottle Stoppers, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Type of wood (from left): Zebrawood (2); Black & White Ebony (2); Pau Ferro (3). One of the Zebrawoods is missing its rings here, but it’s got ‘em now…

Pau Ferro Wine Stopper, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Finally got around to trying out these new stopper kits. The Lee Valley stoppers came with nothing, so I was kind of flying blind. These new ones came with a proper mandrel and drill bit, so no centering issues. The wood is pau ferro, which I love, but [...]

Valentine Heart, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

I wanted to whip up a little something in the shop for the Love Of My Life, but I needed something I could build quickly, since the shop is freezing. This is what I came up with.

It’s made from the last bit of naughty pine — sorry, KNOTTY pine — [...]