KMCloonan
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In September I bought a couple of Spalted Guava blanks from (@ZanderPommo ) - He gave me advance notice that they are a little tricky to turn - you get tearout, and sometimes a blowout, sometimes both.
I finally got around to turning a pen with one of the blanks. I had a blowout (picture me crawling on my hands & knees searching for the pieces that broke off - I was able to find most of them). I think due to the cellular nature of the blank it was challenging to get it round - it had a lot of flat spots.
Anyway, this is not the best pen I have made, but it is certainly one of the more interesting ones.
I finally got around to turning a pen with one of the blanks. I had a blowout (picture me crawling on my hands & knees searching for the pieces that broke off - I was able to find most of them). I think due to the cellular nature of the blank it was challenging to get it round - it had a lot of flat spots.
Anyway, this is not the best pen I have made, but it is certainly one of the more interesting ones.
