hello
My name is Olivier and I share your passion woodturning in particular the manufacture of pens, I am originally from France where my English not perfect, I would show you pictures of my achievements
Welcome Oliver. Glad you are here. Don't worry about perfect communication. Even those of us who speak it natively have trouble communicating at times! :biggrin: I can't speak French, but I can speak a little Japanese. (I used to speak some French in So. Louisiana, but that was many years ago.)
Below are links to two threads/articles that have lots of information on pen turning. The first one is a very basic overview of the many aspects of getting into turning pens. http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446