cacardon
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So I decided to make a pen and pencile set, just for fun. I was thinking of what to make them of? Something matching. I decided after looking on this site to make it out of pine cones. So I figure that like anyother wood they would be consistent. Hard wood is hard all the way throu, and soft wood is soft all the way throu. If I treat them like soft wood I should be ok right? I couldnt be more wrong. First off they are a pain to make blanks out of, then at first big chuncks fly every were then once you finley get them round the brown is sooo much softer then the white and the tools cut so much more of it at a time that they are hard to kee round. But at last I prevaled and for my first pine cones not completly horrable. Then I decided to take pic's and post them, but I didnt know how to do that either so here is my first pic post.
, and made a pretty good fist of it as well, we never stop learning with this addiction , most of these types of irregular materials are cast in acrylics or similar to give a more even handed turning and consistancy ,so to produce a pen in that material without that process is a worthy effort 
