Hi folks. I'm Ed and I'm a 63 YO retired construction worker. I have never turned a pen, and know absolutely nothing about the process-other than making square pieces into round ones.
My other hobbies have kinda led me here. I restore and make smoking pipes and pipe tampers. I also collect pipes,mainly Dr.Grabows and have a couple hundred scattered around my house and shop.
While looking for materials and tooling for my tampers I kept running across all these parts and materials for pens and also saw more than a few beautiful examples of pens. Since I use a lot of pen blanks to make the tampers and turn them in my lathe I thought it might be fun to try my hand at the pens.
I plan to do a lot of reading here to hopefully figure what is needed--and how to do it. May also have a question or two!
My other hobbies have kinda led me here. I restore and make smoking pipes and pipe tampers. I also collect pipes,mainly Dr.Grabows and have a couple hundred scattered around my house and shop.
While looking for materials and tooling for my tampers I kept running across all these parts and materials for pens and also saw more than a few beautiful examples of pens. Since I use a lot of pen blanks to make the tampers and turn them in my lathe I thought it might be fun to try my hand at the pens.
I plan to do a lot of reading here to hopefully figure what is needed--and how to do it. May also have a question or two!
