Does anyone remember Eagle?

[MikeH]

After making several pens including the Flame pen I had to take a minute and think about Eagle. He was a rare breed and I still miss his input to pen turning.

Does anyone else remember Eagle?

 

[Mike Davis]

Amazing artist! I miss him a lot and i don't even turn pens.

 

[MikeH]

Amazing artist! I miss him a lot and i don't even turn pens.

He and I had talked quite a bit and became pretty good friends. I never got to meet him in person though.

 

[FredP]

I'm sure he is making pens somewhere up there....:icon_thum

 

[CaptnA]

He was an impressive artist indeed! We talked on the phone and that man had a way that made me feel good about things. I've heard stories about his gruffness - usually from people that wanted his tricks, and followed by something akin to - he wouldn't even show me how to " do whatever"... He was forthcoming, but seemed to prefer to help you figure things out for yourself. Not necessarily a bad way to be imo.
Think there are still some pictures of his work in the gallery, and once in a while I'll see a post about one of his blanks on another forum.
Like Mike, I never met him face to face but I sure wish I'd gotten to.

 

[MikeH]

He was an impressive artist indeed! We talked on the phone and that man had a way that made me feel good about things. I've heard stories about his gruffness - usually from people that wanted his tricks, and followed by something akin to - he wouldn't even show me how to " do whatever"... He was forthcoming, but seemed to prefer to help you figure things out for yourself. Not necessarily a bad way to be imo.
Think there are still some pictures of his work in the gallery, and once in a while I'll see a post about one of his blanks on another forum.
Like Mike, I never met him face to face but I sure wish I'd gotten to.

He surely didn't like it when someone asked him how he did something. He tried to inspire and encourage people to think through it themselves and come up with the answer. Definitely an artist!

 

[RandyJ]

I remember him well. He was one of the most creative turners I was aware of.

Miss seeing his work on NCWW.

 

[Hmerkle]

I take it he is more than "no longer part of NCWW"

Do we have his pictures?

I tried to search the gallery, but didn't find any - might be cool to try to put some of his stuff together in a "memorial post"

 

[striker]

Eaglesc

 

[golfdad]

I met him....actually sold him a dust collector.....we chatted for over an hour...very pleasant lad

 

[Berta]

This is one of his pictures.
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showphoto.php?photo=12943&title=10-more-eaglesc-27s-pens&cat=941

 

[FredP]

here ya go.

 

[Carl Fisher]

Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of speaking with or meeting him, but his influence is in so many pen designs and tutorials I've come across. He definitely left his mark on the community.

 

[pcooper]

I chatted with him when I first started turning pens, he gave me some great ideas and input, was a great encouragement to me. I hadn't thought about him in a long while, but can say I do miss his work and discussions.

 

[SteveColes]

Here's another.

I knew eagle almost from the beginning of the site. I met him through woodguy and insomnia at the 2005 Klingspor extravaganza. He was one of the most interesting people I have ever met.

 

[gator]

In the very early days, Eagle used to come up to informal face to face gatherings we had back in those days. Great man and friend.

George

 

[ScottM]

I take it he is more than "no longer part of NCWW"

Do we have his pictures?

I tried to search the gallery, but didn't find any - might be cool to try to put some of his stuff together in a "memorial post"

Sadly be passed away unexpectedly. Must be 5-6 years ago. It was a shock to us all. He is missed.

 

[JackLeg]

:wsmile:"Artist" is the word that describes him!

 

[McRabbet]

I was pleased to see that Bertha found the album that included some of Eagle's work in my gallery from a fun event we had at Woodguy's old shop in Hickory back in 2007 -- we were there for the unveiling of a big Moak bandsaw that Woodguy had restored. Lots of familiar faces there -- Toolferone, cskipper and Al Spicer to name a few. Al was a very accomplished scroll sawyer and had complete plans for some of his cathedral works. Eagle had lots of his pens there, too. Nice guy and a real wizard in visualizing the cylindrical results of his complex lamination pen blanks.

 

[Pop Golden]

When I worked at the Charlotte Klingspore store Eagle came up several times. We talked a lot. He was showing and talking about making pens of corncobs, news paper, fabric etc. Also about the SC store for artist. A great guy! I think Eagle could make a pen out of anything including water. And, a fine pen it would be. I wondered about him several times and did not know he was gone. We'll miss him.

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