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I received this piece of wood in the pen turners swap box that toured the country… continent actually, as we had participation north of the border. SteveN added these as a supplemental challenge blank (to the Cherry Burl Karson put in… that I'm "working up towards") we were encouraged to take...

391 Lower 391B Upper

Round three of the pen trade (thanks Tim!) had two challenges - one from Steve 391b and one from Karson 391. I had to turn several pens today and decided to take on the 391B blank that Steve included in the pen trade box. Steve forewarned that the blanks could be prone to blow out so I soaked...

I finished my 391Challenge pen. The blog is here. that describes the rules and how this wood came to be. I found a log in my driveway and it was a Cherry Burl. I had it sliced and gave some pen blanks out in the Pen Trade Swap. Turning the blank was quite easy. I had no chipouts from the...

This pen is made from the 391BChallenge wood that was provided by John in Pen trade 3. He gave us some spalted Willow and he said that it was quite flaky and hard to turn. I found that it turned ok but the finish that I used didn't work to well on the open pores of the willow wook. Here is...

When I set up the 391Challenge it was meant for those members of pen trade 3 to make a pen from the Cherry Burl that I provided to each member of the trade. I told others who wanted to make a pen and didn't have the official blank that they could enter a pen in the 391Xchallenge category. Those...