Today, Friday, April 27, is Arbor Day. I think for me the interest in pen turning may be more about the wood than the pen. I sometimes turn and finish short scraps just to save them away like valuable speciments.
When I'm in the shop with my sons, using well made tools and quality pen components to hand craft a practical and usable pen that at the same time is nearly a work of art, I feel like I'm doing something important. I think that for most of us, pen making with fine woods is like sculpting a masterpiece, singing an aria, or delivering a virtuoso performance. Thank God for trees.
In any case the day is all about planting trees and I'll be doing that this weekend.
Chasper
When I'm in the shop with my sons, using well made tools and quality pen components to hand craft a practical and usable pen that at the same time is nearly a work of art, I feel like I'm doing something important. I think that for most of us, pen making with fine woods is like sculpting a masterpiece, singing an aria, or delivering a virtuoso performance. Thank God for trees.
In any case the day is all about planting trees and I'll be doing that this weekend.
Chasper
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