jttheclockman
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An interesting thought came up in another thread by someone who made a statement about pen turning / pen making. The jist of the thought was, without quoting anyone, that we have become robotic in our approach to pen making. To claify what I mean, we buy the kits, we buy blanks that other people make and cast, we buy laser cut blanks, we buy Tonis clay blanks. We then take the pieces and and sometimes just assemble or at times turn a small fraction off and polish and assemble. There was the thought placed in the conversation that the person has become bored with pen turning and will move onto other woodworking projects. Nothing wrong with this and so be it. But the thought ran through my head as to where has pen turning gone.
Has pen turning/pen making ( call it what you want) changed over the years and if you see it that way, how? What would be the biggest differences in pen turning of years gone by to what we do today??? Do you see it as inprovement or lost art??? Is the art of making pens heading in the right direction or are we becoming robots and putting pens out on the market just for $$$. Are we flooding the market and the value of owning a nice writing instrument decreasing??
Not sure if this is a fair question because to me pen turning is relatively new to the point of its popularity.
Thanks.
Has pen turning/pen making ( call it what you want) changed over the years and if you see it that way, how? What would be the biggest differences in pen turning of years gone by to what we do today??? Do you see it as inprovement or lost art??? Is the art of making pens heading in the right direction or are we becoming robots and putting pens out on the market just for $$$. Are we flooding the market and the value of owning a nice writing instrument decreasing??
Not sure if this is a fair question because to me pen turning is relatively new to the point of its popularity.
Thanks.