buckeye sedona

[maverick31]

I went down to the woodcraft store in austin yesterday and decided to try this kit. It went together pretty easy and I really like the kit. I think the buckeye burl is pretty neat too. finished it with ca, mm and eee.

What do you guys think. I am going to do my first craft show in march, so I am curious about what you guys think a pen like this should sell for. Kit itself was 11.99, blank was 7.99. I was thinking in the $60-75 range???

[Ruffnek]

Wow, that's a beaut! I think your price range is about right, too. Tend towards the higher end unless they qbsolutely will not sell at that price.

Good luck on your show!

[maverick31]

thanks cody, I was going to price it high since I am not sure if I really want to keep this one for my self or not. I figure if it doesnt sell I could alway find a good use for it at home.

[sachbvn]

I don't think I'd let that go for less than 50 bucks - probably more. Hard to know what your area is like - if it is a specifically "craft show" I think you'd easily fit in with the 60+ dollar price.

VERY nice looking - I like that buckeye burl, never seen one made up outside of magazines though. You finish it with CA?


Zac

[maverick31]

thanks zac., yes I used ca about 6 coats. I think every time I go to austin I am going to stop in the woodcraft store. I like being able to pick out wood vs buying it online and hoping it looks cool when you get it. I liked this blank the best out of all then ones I looked at. Looking at it in the catalog I thought man that thing is ugly but in person I think it looks cool. The guy that worked there gave me some pretty good ideas about making some easy segmented pins using pickguard too.

[sachbvn]

Where do you even buy pickguard from?


Zac

[maverick31]

I saw some on grizzly.com for 10 bucks for wht/blk/wht and blk/wht/blk. I don't know where else to get any besides that. the guy at woodcraft said I could also use veneering to do the same thing. Hopefully doug will chime in on where he gets his pickguard

[boodrow]

Mav very impressive !! Tis a beauty . The price range is good , price high and u can always come down. Pens are my least seller , it will take a special person to give that for it , but they are out there.
Boodrow

[maverick31]

thanks boodrow, I plan on taking about 20-30 pens and the rest stoppers, bowls,rubberband guns for the kiddies and a few other things that I make.

[imahic]

That is pretty good looking pen. I like that wood. Thanks for sharing and good luck on your craft show.

Mike

[Doug B]

I think you have it priced right Mav. That is a real beauty! I love Buckeye burl too...now I'm gonna hafta get some of it. I did one once before that did not look too special until I actually turned it. It really surprised me how nice it looked - it was all grey, and not nearly as nice as yours. That's a real eye catcher and on a very nice pen kit.

I know what you mean about picking out the wood in person - that's the way I like to do it too.

[Doug B]

Jan 10, 2010 23:02:31 GMT -6 maverick31 said:

I saw some on grizzly.com for 10 bucks for wht/blk/wht and blk/wht/blk. I don't know where else to get any besides that. the guy at woodcraft said I could also use veneering to do the same thing. Hopefully doug will chime in on where he gets his pickguard

Yes, Grizzly is the best place to get pickguard that I have found. I went to our local music store to see what they had...if you want some quick, that is a good place to get it from. But they only had white, and did not have the sheets like Grizzly does. The sheets make it easy to cut up into squares - I make a bunch of 3/4" squares of each color and put them in plastic bags for easy accessibility. I got b/w/b, w/b/w, white, and cream colors from Grizzly. I would like to get some blue, red, and plain black but have not gotten round tuit yet.

[maverick31]

thanks doug/imahic for the nice comments. I read somewhere that you can get some laminated plastic similar to formica counter tops in a bunch of colors but could not figure out where to get it from. I hope some other people offer there input in this area too.