Post #633137 by Atomic Mess on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 9:19 AM

Thanks Seek, it's a nickname someone gave me about 10 years ago...

A couple of years ago I bought some pen blanks so could try out different woods quickly and cheaply. I got a box of 30, 5 each of cherry, beech, oak, sapele, iroko and ash for a tenner (that would be something like $12 for most of you guys?). Anyway it turned out to be a good investment even though I've only used 5 or 6 of them two years later!

here's one in ash-

Tough wood to carve but finishes really well...

thanks for looking,