Thanks. I thought so. Many people use a bandsaw. It is always good to do something different in the shop that gets away from pens. I just like making things. At one time I bought many books on lavish boxes and was going to really get into making special one of a kind boxes and sell at my shows. I saw a vendor once that made some really outstanding boxes and fell in love with the idea. So like many of my attempts I go hog wild and bought fancy router bits, books for design ideas and never really got started. My mind drifts so much and I just can not settle on one idea. I have said here many times I get bored quickly and need to move on. That is why I do not make many pens. I do them in batches when the urge hits me. I started out this year with that feeling and then started working on my house and that feeling went away and now I am trying to rekindle the fire being in the shop and playing around with the 20 some pens I have started on the bench. Slow process but getting some done.
Anyway again nice work on those. I will say if you were adept at using a scrollsaw you would eliminate the sanding and shaping. Scrollsaw cuts smooth lines. Another tool I used with making the ribbons was an oscillating drum sander. Handy tool to have.