Wood Pens
These articles discuss wood as used to make turned wood pens and may occasionally also include articles describing other materials. These articles may also describe hand or power tools needed to make turned wood pens as well as various steps or techniques involved in making turned wood pens.
In the absence of published information about these woods, at least under the common names as sold to me, I relay my own, albeit, limited experiences of these woods …
Explore with me this relatively rare and richly colored wood that comes only from small areas of Northeastern Brazil. While it is hard to work with, the sheer …
Cocobolo is a lovely dark and heavy wood from tropical central America that is highly prized for its rich coloration and figure. It also features a high oil …
In a process unlike most of my work, I had a production run of 28 of the same stylus pens. While the process it mostly identical to making …
Herein I try out a new style of pen that combines writing and stylus work in one nifty piece. This makes an essential desk tool that can be …
Highly colored and figured stabilized burl wood allows for the creation of unique turned items due to both the color and the inherently unique and individual nature of burl …
With names like Field, Olympia, Caribbean, and Bahama Cherry, one might think they have stumbled into an Avon catalog, but these are actually color names for laminated pens blanks …