jumps,
To further your interest in pen making, there are all manner of different methods of making a pen other than just turning a plain wood one.
Embedding in clear cast resin, segmenting, putting in accents of different materials ie:
Aluminium, Brass, Traffolyte, other woods, even brass powder and CA glue.
Here's a few examples of what I mean:
The top two is a pen I made for a friend to celebrate her being the Lady Captain of her golf club this year.
She was photographed teeing off, the pic printed off, sized and glued on to the brass tube for the cap.
Similarly, the same for the text on the barrel.
It was well received!
The next is a pen made from Purpleheart, Sycamore and Bloodwood glued together then cut into sixteen segments,
then glued back together rotating each one a set amount.
The last one, (In Ebony) the blank is cut, a square of thin Aluminium is glued in then cut again and is repeated till all are glued and set,
then drilled out....Not too fond of Ebony, too plasticky when finished if you know what I mean.
But put in some accents, and it changes the whole outlook of something.
Oh, just in case you want to know what 'Traffolyte' is. That's what is in the very last one.
John. B