Originally posted by ilikewood
<br />Not trying to pick a fight or anything, but according to your own words, you just started turning in January.
I should punch you in the eye! No, seriously, I've learned a lot in a short period of time. I've moved past the first pens (bleh) and have done a few bullet casing pens, created a tutorial on snakeskin blank making, turned lots of acrylics, buckeye, etc. Still have tons to learn, but feel like I've come quite far in such a short period of time.
Not to toot my own horn, but here's my latest snake pen, made from scratch: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/SkyeMaloney/alt.jpg
And my favorite bullet, unpolished at the time of the shot, great little pen and moving to more complex ones as we speak: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/SkyeMaloney/bullet1.jpg
So, if we're basing turning it off or on by knowledge, I think I've moved into the turn-on phase, but I still choose not to because I'd rather people look at what I post rather than the number.
Sure, it's nice to think that most people know better, but some, especially new people, will look at a post count and take the guy's words for scripture. Meanwhile the guys been postwhoring since he created his user with no real content. That's been something to plague boards since post counters began.
It's a personal choice obviously, which is why I asked who was up for it.