Brian Hochstrat
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Here are some of the pen engraving I have been doing. These pens are very high quality pens handmade by David Broadwell, I did my first pen last winter, and was really leary of it being it is on such a tight round, about a 1/2 inch in diameter, but after trying one I really like doing them, the areas are small so you can do alot of detail work, but be finished before you become bored with the job. And once you learn to spin the barrel and rotate the vise at the same time, it is no problem cutting around that tight round. One issue with rounded engraving though is seeing it, you can only see a 1/4 of it at a time so its difficult to photograph it and show what you really put on there.
The first pen are parts I photographed and fooled with in photoshop, all I see is parts, David assembles them after I am through. This pen is for a Rabbi, who wanted the Hebrew letter Aleph, for the ornamental work I tried to find some type of hebrew ornament but found very little info on Hebrew ornamentation, so I just went with what I thought would look nice.
The pics of the Parrot Pen where taken by David upon completion, the Parrot pen, was for a client who has a parrot named Opus, and Opus was the model for the pen, they sent pics of the bird and I used those to reproduce Opus on the pen, I guess it is kind of a tribute pen to a beloved pet. Thanks for looking-Brian
(Aleph Pen Parts)
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(Parrot Pen)
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The first pen are parts I photographed and fooled with in photoshop, all I see is parts, David assembles them after I am through. This pen is for a Rabbi, who wanted the Hebrew letter Aleph, for the ornamental work I tried to find some type of hebrew ornament but found very little info on Hebrew ornamentation, so I just went with what I thought would look nice.
The pics of the Parrot Pen where taken by David upon completion, the Parrot pen, was for a client who has a parrot named Opus, and Opus was the model for the pen, they sent pics of the bird and I used those to reproduce Opus on the pen, I guess it is kind of a tribute pen to a beloved pet. Thanks for looking-Brian
(Aleph Pen Parts)
(Parrot Pen)
