Rifleman1776
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The blank shown below was acquired from Eagle in a trade. It is one of four and, in my opinion, the least complex. The final pen is from a 7mm European kit. You can see I eliminated the center band. For whatever reason, the drill bit wandered. The blanks were held tightly in a machinists vice and I checked my drill press square. Why is a puzzlement. The drift wasn't much but with pens a little can be a lot. I sanded through the finest grit of Micro Mesh and stopped several times to do a hand lengthwise sanding to get rid of the ring effect. But there still is some finish ringing. Drats. The blank is bloodwood and maple, the added segment to replace the center band is maple also. In my estimation, I turned a '10' blank into about a '6' pen. BTW, the 'proud' appearance at the cap isn't there. I believe it is an effect of the photo.