I've made 5 or 6 Kallenshaan Woods blanks and they are a lot of fun IF I am in the right frame of mind and give myself the right open workspace. I say this because some of the blanks have pieces that are…well…to say the least…tiny. So tiny that a wrong move with the tweezers can shoot them off into the shoposphere never to be found again. For this reason the lighthouse pen I made for my wife has a missing window or two, and the Black Lab pen I made for myself has a brass-tube colored toe, which I unsuccessfully tried to to fill with black CA. Some folks use pins to spear the pieces, and I've tried that too. I also don't exactly have the hands of a surgeon - they can be a little shaky depending on what I was doing before starting to assemble one of these things, adding to my frustration level with the smaller pieces. I know when I finally got that little dark piece to fit in the Black Lab's hip, I had to stop and take me a little drink because I earned it!
. In hindsight, the whiskey might have steadied me enough to get its nose in.
I know I'm describing operator issues and not an issue with the blanks. The pieces all miraculously fit, but for some of the kits it's not always an easy fit. I just think they require more patience than the average bear. Once you have it turned down and put that first coat of CA or whatever on, though, they look really, really nice. Ahhhhh.