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Freedom Pen Turn-a-Thon in Texas builds pens for service members

July 21st, 2012 by Richard Michael Knittle Sr.
Richard Michael Knittle Sr.
Dallas, United States, North America
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Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
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A wood turner crafts a dyed block of wood into a beautiful blue pen.
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A young female wood turner crafts a pen under the watchful eye of her father.
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A young wood-turning craftsman turns a block of wood into a pen.
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Wood World hosted a, Freedom Pen Turn-a-Thon, allowing local craftsmen to turn blocks of wood into beautiful pens for fighting forces overseas.
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Craftsmen assemble the final workings of the pens before being packaged and shipped overseas.
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Craftsmen assemble the final workings of the pens before being packaged and shipped overseas.
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The public was invited and welcomed at the, Freedom Pen Turn-a-Thon, at Wood World in Dallas.
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An email letter of thanks to, Wood World, from a greatful service member for the pen gift. (Blurred intentionally).
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A local craftsman creates a Freedom Pen for fighting forces overseas.
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A local craftsman creates a, Freedom Pen, for fighting forces overseas.
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A craftsman assembles the interworkings of the wooden pens bound for troops overseas.
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A craftsman assembles the interworkings of the wooden pens bound for troops overseas.
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A craftsman assembles the interworkings of the wooden pens bound for troops overseas.
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Spindels used to hold finished pens and notes to service members before being packaged for shipment overseas.
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A local craftsman turns a block of wood on a lathe, creating a pen.
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A craftsman puts the finishing touches on a beautiful wooden pen.
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A craftsman puts the finishing touches on a beautiful wooden pen.
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A craftsman puts the finishing touches on a beautiful wooden pen.
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Blocks of wood with metal tubing installed sit on a table waiting to be turned into a wooden pen.
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Blocks of wood with metal tubing installed sit on a table waiting to be turned into a wooden pen.
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Close to one hundred wood turners created hundreds of pens for service members overseas.
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A local craftsman puts the finishing touches on a wooden pen bound for fighting forces overseas.
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A note of gradatude is attached to each pen, signed by the creator along with their email address.
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A craftsmen creates a pen from a block of wood.
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The finished product, a beautiful wooden pen for writing letters home, along with a note of thanks and the creators name.
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  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
  • Freedom Pen TurnaThon in Texas builds pens for service members
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Wood World, a wood-craft store in Dallas, hosts a gathering of local craftsmen to create beautiful pens from blocks of wood, to send to fighting service members overseas. Notes of gratitude are attached to each pen.

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Richard Michael Knittle Sr.
Dallas, United States, North America
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