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Nice pens. Not so easy to tell from the photos but I think the barrels are a little proud of the centre band. Quite normal when starting out (and way better to be a little proud than to over cut the barrels) but something to work on as you progress. The idea is that your finger registers only the very slightest tickle as you slide it from barrel to centre band and back to barrel. I have heard some claim that it is possible to get it so accurate that the finger cannot feel a thing, but I've never done it so it must be impossible ...

<blockquote data-quote="Jimjam66" data-source="post: 52969" data-attributes="member: 58">Nice pens.&nbsp; Not so easy to tell from the photos but I think the barrels are a little proud of the centre band.&nbsp; Quite normal when starting out (and way better to be a little proud than to over cut the barrels) but something to work on as you progress.&nbsp; The idea is that your finger registers only the very slightest tickle as you slide it from barrel to centre band and back to barrel.&nbsp; I have heard some claim that it is possible to get it so accurate that the finger cannot feel a thing, but I&#039;ve never done it so it must be impossible ...<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/whistling.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whistling:" title="Whistling&nbsp; &nbsp; :whistling:" data-shortname=":whistling:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/whistling.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whistling:" title="Whistling&nbsp; &nbsp; :whistling:" data-shortname=":whistling:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/whistling.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whistling:" title="Whistling&nbsp; &nbsp; :whistling:" data-shortname=":whistling:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimjam66, post: 52969, member: 58"] Nice pens. Not so easy to tell from the photos but I think the barrels are a little proud of the centre band. Quite normal when starting out (and way better to be a little proud than to over cut the barrels) but something to work on as you progress. The idea is that your finger registers only the very slightest tickle as you slide it from barrel to centre band and back to barrel. I have heard some claim that it is possible to get it so accurate that the finger cannot feel a thing, but I've never done it so it must be impossible ... :whistling::whistling::whistling: [/QUOTE]

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