Nice! Did you mill the slots in the sides?

No but the tool that I used to do the slots was milled

Have you tried a pair where the hole for the candles is drifted out making a swell at the top of the shafts? Might make a neat variation; you could do an artistic series---then a single twist in the center of the shaft, etc

nice YYF they look well made and simple and classic - and most importantly stable!! i cant bear candlesticks that are going to fall over. :)

Very elegant.  Puts me in mind of something the Greene Brothers or Frank Lloyd Wright would have designed and used!

Very nice fullering looks great..

I agree with VaughnT, the clean simplicity of the lines used is definitely reminiscent of some of Wright's work, and that's no small praise.