sinker cypress

A friend gave me some scrap sinker cypress he had left over from some 3/4" Sinker Cypress he used to side his barn/shop. For a while, I was just turning straight line, cylindrical, pens; then I was messing with a chunk to to practice with some chisels on my lathe. I made some beads, convexes and...

Well, after posting a pic on this forum of my first three pens and the encouragement from you guys, I made another three. I paid a little more attention to some detail. I still have some improvement but I feel like I'm beginning to understand this pen turning a little better. I photographed the...

I guess this is the right forum, it reads Show Off Your Pens even though it is sub-titled "Let's see your best work!". I'm kind of embarrassed to put this pic under this forum but I didn't see another for first pens. These are my first three pens I did, I hope they get much better. Kirk...