I'm a rookie pen turner. I've been turning for almost 3 years. I've turned maybe 70 pens. Most of the pens were simple slimline pens. Recently I've added Euros and most recently some filagree Americans I bought from Arizona Silhoette. As a result of a Filagree American I sent to my DIL in TX, she called me up. "Dad...I have a dear friend who wants to know if you'd turn a couple of pens for her to give as Christmas gifts?". I can't tell my DIL "No". She and my youngest son are sending my wife and I to NZ in December for 12 days to celebrate our 40th anniversary. I can't or won't tell her "No"!
Her friend chose 2 pens I've never turned before. She chose a Cigar pen from CSUSA and an Elegant Sierra from Berea Hardwoods. The woods she picked out are Sweet Gum for the Sierra and Tiger Pradauck for the Cigar.
Any gotchas for either of these pens or the woods involved?
Thanks in advance!
Fitz
Her friend chose 2 pens I've never turned before. She chose a Cigar pen from CSUSA and an Elegant Sierra from Berea Hardwoods. The woods she picked out are Sweet Gum for the Sierra and Tiger Pradauck for the Cigar.
Any gotchas for either of these pens or the woods involved?
Thanks in advance!
Fitz