Pith from Sparhawk

[brownsfn2]

Received my pith from sparhawk and I have to say it is really nice. Beautiful fit and finish. The wood is very nice and looks well together. I was also really happy with the large amount of blanks included in the package. Really nice stuff. Thanks Hugo!!

Here are the pics:

 

[randy kelly]

I am new to pen making ,can some one tell me what a pith means.Thanks

 

[D.Oliver]

I am new to pen making ,can some one tell me what a pith means.Thanks

PITH is an acronym that stands for Pen In The Hat. It is a annual event here at IAP. You sign up for it and are randomly paired a partner who you will exchange a pen with. It stems from a common practice of when pen turning clubs would meet in person they would all put a pen into a hat. Then the hat was passed around and each person drew a pen out and that pen was your to keep. Its a very fun event and I highly reccomend that you join the next one. I know when I first joined up here I didn't feel I was a good enough pen turner to get into the PITH, but that isn't what the PITH is about. It's simply about doing the best you can, trying some new things, meeting some new people and having some fun doing it. So even if you don't feel your pens are front page worthy yet, you should still get into the PITH.