{"id":245,"date":"2010-04-29T20:15:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2010-04-29T20:15:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T00:15:33","slug":"teachers-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/teachers-pen\/","title":{"rendered":"Making A Teacher’s Pen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Beginning Was A Catalog, As Is So Often The Case<\/h2>\n
Once upon a long time ago I saw an ad for a “Teacher’s Pen” in a wood turning catalog from Woodcraft. I have a love-hate relationship with wood turning catalogs, which regularly arrive at the house full of tempting toys and projects that seem so simple and reasonable when looking at photos of the completed items. And since I come from a long line of teachers and school administrators, this seemed like just the ticket for a special gift for a birthday or even Christmas.<\/p>\n
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What Makes It A “Teacher’s Pen?”<\/h2>\n
What makes a Teacher’s Pen special is that it is double headed, with one head being dedicated to a red ink ballpoint while its opposite is dedicated to blue. The different ends are distinguished by a small acrylic band in the appropriate color. The design of the pen is intended to simplify a teacher’s life by allowing them to complete administrative type tasks with the blue end and then spinning the pen about to the red end to complete grading and correcting tasks without having to keep track of two separate pens. A different version of this kit is available that uses colored woods instead of acrylic. I chose the version that utilized acrylic because I thought that the more vibrant color possible with the acrylic made for a more immediately eye-catching presentation.<\/p>\n