Oh dear. Well the cigars weren't hugely expensive $4.50, so about £2.50. Whilst I wouldn't want to throw £2.50 each time, it isn't the end of the world and I bought some spare tubes. Slimlines would have been almost as much if I bought them in this country. The reason that I went for these was because I want to turn between centres and the ones with a 7mm tube have bushings that don't fit inside the tube (or so I understand). The jr gents can sit on the shelf until I have had my brave pills!
I have the means of cutting blanks but don't have much interesting timber to cut them from. Plenty of bubinga but that is like a rock to work with and cut, so I imagine not easy to turn, and a bit of oak and walnut. I don't want to gamble a lot of value, but I would also not want to win by creating a well executed pen and yet it be uninspiring because of timber choice!
