alternative materials

I have been planning on making a pen from one of every primary manipulation blank (maybe even one of every brooks blank i can get my hands on eventually!). After i got my hands on some cool tone PM at the DC pen show I was trying to sort through my stash and compare to the website to make sure...

I've been turning pens for most of a year now, just recently found this forum. Now I read it pretty avidly. I've probably turned 100 pens or so, with varied kits and I've gotten a little bored with the standard kits I've been making using standard blanks purchased. What I want to do is make...