Toilets and pens

It has been a job waiting to be done for a long time, about four years in fact, but the other day, we replaced the toilet seat in the downstairs cloakroom. The original one was made of oak. (Remember this, it will be significant later in this post.) The new one looks like this:

Pristine, white and clean, which the old one certainly wasn't.
However, that did not deter Keith. He decided he had a use for the lid of the old seat and immediately carted it off to the shed (sorry, workshop).
This is where we come to the second part of the title of the post and prizes may be available if you have already worked out the link. Over the last week or so, Keith has been making pens, like these:

Smart, aren't they? He has made some from wood too, such as olive wood, which he has bought online. Now however, he has decided that a discarded toilet seat is the way to go, and you can see him doing just that here:
 Keith's video.
Anyone for an oak pen?

3 comments:

Silverback said...

Not sure I'd want to hold a pen made from a toilet seat but having said that, those look fab, especially the one on the left. Keith needs his own tv show ;-)

Jennytc said...

Yes, he's a clever old thing. ;)

Yorkshire Pudding said...

Most impressive! I wonder what else happens in Keith's shed. At least when he's (cough-cough) "working" in there it gives you plenty of time for watching your favourite daytime TV shows like "Doctors" and "Escape to the Country".

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