* Pen making

So the biggest new is that I have actually started the kitless pen making guide that I have been writing, I have put up the first part of it which deals with some basic preamble and then turning a square blank to a round blank. I am not sure how long this will take me but hopefully it won’t be too long. Hopefully you enjoy reading it and find it useful.

[Here it is](https://denspens643598967.wordpress.com/how-to-make-a-kitless-pen/)

Last week I sorted through my blanks and I posted on instagram the left over ones and asked people to pick the ugliest combination and I would make a pen from it. [Here were the choices](https://www.instagram.com/p/B2bgZLNDH6C/) I want to know what you guys think? It is a close race so far so let’s see what you guys have to say.

I have made some pens this week. I have finished off the

[barrel]

(https://i.imgur.com/lEFt0iq.jpg) I made for a clients

[pen]

(https://i.imgur.com/b3xd5LU.jpg). I have made an [orange pen](https://i.imgur.com/2bdHwLC.jpg) , I seem to be going through an orange phase at the moment, that one was picked up pretty sharpish. This weekend though I am working on a red and black pen. It is going to look great as I have worked with these blanks before and they are

[great]

(https://i.imgur.com/As0O0O5.jpg) .

* Workshop

I have put up a secondary [workbench](https://i.imgur.com/TamNjOz.jpg) in the workshop, it’s not as stable as the lathe bench but it doesn’t need to be. Also I have found I have the

[cutest]

(https://i.imgur.com/XRTXXk8.jpg) workshop helper when I am making pens, might have to get her safety specs if it happens more often.