A custom pen for me
Each year I make a few hundred custom pens for people all over the world. Customers contact me and tell me what they are looking for and I take it from there. We start out with the type of writing instrument that they want: ball point, roller ball or...
Whiskey and Bog Oak?
Recently I made eight Katahdin ballpoint pens all from Oak. So what is so special about that, you ask. Well, six of them were made from barrel staves from whiskey barrels. And the other two? Those two were made from ancient bog oak from eastern Europe. The bog oak...
Graduation Gift Time
Let the graduate in your life know how special they are with a Dailey Woodworking pen or pen/pencil set! Just because graduations are being postponed, doesn’t mean the achievement is! Our pens are able to be refilled so that your favorite graduate won’t have to search for a new...
Dailey Woodworking’s Pen Month, Day 9
Today’s pen is a pen that will make you smile. The pen itself is a chrome and satin chrome Yarmouth ballpoint pen. The center section has an image of hot air balloons floating in the sky. How can you not be happy when you see air balloons in the...
Dailey Woodworking’s Pen Month, Day 7
Today’s pen is a chrome and satin chrome Yarmouth pen. The image that you see in the center is of a stained glass cross. Similar to what you would see in many churches. You can learn more about the pen by clicking here. A bonus for you today. I...
Dailey Woodworking’s Pen Month, Day 4
Today’s pen is a platinum Katahdin pen made in Cherry Berry acrylic. This pen has color bursting right out of it. Cherry red within a body of white. You can learn more about this pen by clicking here. I also added another cutting board to my site today. This is...
Dailey Woodworking’s Pen Month – Pens 1, 2 and 3
The first pen is made from beautiful Paua Abalone Shell. Thin strips of the colorful shell are cut and painstakingly glued onto the pen tubes. A polyester resin is poured around the stripes and that is what I turn. You can check it out by clicking here. The second...
The Dailey Grind blog is back!
I’ve decided to re-activate the Dailey Grind blog. This is going to be a work in progress for a little while. We are going to start it off in a big way. I’m going to go back to the roots of my turning. I taught myself how to turn...