Stanfield Artisian Pens

17/02/2015

Sleek Wedge Wood - Twist Pen Chrome $32.00

13/02/2015

Desert camo - gun metal twist pen $37.00 Great to gift a American Hero!

30/01/2015

BOTTLE STOPPER! EXOTIC,Bocate wood from Central America
$ 25.00
Bocote is an exotic wood native to Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. It features a wide range of grain patterns from straight to wild, with curved lines and swirls. The color ranges from golden brown to tan to golden yellow. It is a hard, heavy, and dense wood, strong and stiff, with a medium texture. Mainly used for custom pool cues, cabinetry, veneer, furniture, inlays, knife handles, and pens. It polishes well with wax or polyurethane, and will take a moderately high natural gloss.

29/01/2015

Gorgeous Salt and Pepper Grinder
Zebra Wood, derived from a tree native to Central America. Also found in Brazil and Africa. Hand made (turned) locally in Contra Costa County $ 48.00

27/01/2015

Breast Cancer Awareness Pen
Bethlehem olive wood (authenticated) twist pen $32.00

20/01/2015

Stanfield Artisan Pens demonstrating using a Mandrel with a Morse taper #2 creating a unique pen!
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1. Drilling the pen barrels
2.Boring the pen barrels
3.Pen barrels mounted on the mandrel and ready to turn
4.Turned it down to size getting ready for polish
5.Polished and ready for assembly

13/01/2015

What is a Mandrel used for?
Mandrel (/ˈmændrɨl/; also mandril or arbor) is one of the following:
1.An object used to shape machined, or electroformed, work.
2. A tool component that grips or clamps materials to be machined.
3. A tool component that can be used to grip other moving tool components.

Larry at Stanfield Artisan Pens uses a Morse Taper # 2 Mandrel while creatively crafting his pens! Left is the tapered end and right is the threaded end!

09/01/2015

Bethlehem Olive Wood, handcrafted Bud Vase! Larry, took a block of Bethlehem Olive Wood, drilled a hole in the center put it on the lathe and created the design as he turned the wood! He sanded it with extremely fine sand paper and put it back on the lathe polishing it with a cotton cloth and grit paste to give it that exquisite finished shine! Order Today! $28.00

08/01/2015

What is a lathe?
A lathe /ˈleɪð/ is a machine tool which rotates the work piece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation, facing, turning, with tools that are applied to the work piece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.

07/01/2015

Stylus tip - olive wood
This pen is made from Olive Wood from the Holy city Bethlehem in the Holy Land Of Israel. This wood has been bearing fruit since the time of the Romans. This is authentic Olive wood - a natural raw material that comes from the pruning of young trees, the sprout of the trunks and of old tress and unproductive trees! Gorgeous and very unique! Purchase one today! $32.00!

06/01/2015

What is a Artisan?

An artisan (from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand that may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, woodworking projects, decorative arts, sculptures, clothing, jewelry, household items and tools or even mechanical mechanisms such as the handmade clockwork movement of a watchmaker. Artisans practice a craft and may through experience and aptitude reach the expressive levels of an artist

06/01/2015

Stanfield Artisan Pens, was started in March of 2011, by Larry Stanfield a true artist that creates one of a kind pens, bottle stoppers, bud vases and salt and pepper grinders out of exotic woods from around the world! Check out the website at http://www.stanfieldartisanpens.com/

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