BigRob777
Member
I would like to reintroduce myself. I am Rob Curtis. I first joined IAP 15 years ago and soon began turning pens under the online tuteledge of DCBluesman. Soon after, I began collecting exotic woods and then selling them. Back then I was one of two main sellers who were not of the professional ilk. I had the honor of finding almost 1,000 regular customers and had a great run as a seller, until my health tanked on me and arthritis wreaked havoc on both of my thumbs and right wrist.
Due to this covid debacle, I have revisited selling blanks from what remained of my stacks of exotic woods and have purchased some larger than usual carbide turning tools in hopes of being able to turn again.
I also made a deal about 13 years ago with Eagle, a prominent blank creating genius here on IAP. He and I traded a boatload of my side cut-off slats for 2 pen blanks of the figure 8 type. I believe he mentioned a woman's hourglass shape in their title.
I intend to sell them here and share the income with IAP. This group has meant so much to me over the years that I want to share the proceeds with it/you. I don't know when that will occur, but in the mean time, I am putting up exotic woods for sale and hoping to put out some pens worthy of my DCB training. Thank you for reading this way too long message. It is very nice to be back in the fold.
Due to this covid debacle, I have revisited selling blanks from what remained of my stacks of exotic woods and have purchased some larger than usual carbide turning tools in hopes of being able to turn again.
I also made a deal about 13 years ago with Eagle, a prominent blank creating genius here on IAP. He and I traded a boatload of my side cut-off slats for 2 pen blanks of the figure 8 type. I believe he mentioned a woman's hourglass shape in their title.
I intend to sell them here and share the income with IAP. This group has meant so much to me over the years that I want to share the proceeds with it/you. I don't know when that will occur, but in the mean time, I am putting up exotic woods for sale and hoping to put out some pens worthy of my DCB training. Thank you for reading this way too long message. It is very nice to be back in the fold.