This first pen is a streamline made from a bamboo cutting board obtained from B+M. The board cost £1.99 and I got 16 blanks from it, some across the grain like this one. That works out at 12.5p per blank, not bad eh!
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The second is my attempt at a herringbone pattern using Plum and African Blackwood on a slimline but with a streamline waistband as I like a slightly thicker pen. No prizes for guessing what went wrong! Yes, you've guessed it, my barrel trimmer grabbed and ripped several layers off and I didn't have enough to re-do the bottom tube completely. So, to save the pen I used three squares that I did have left over and made the bottom three rings. Shame as I think it would have looked OK!
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