Wood pens enhanced by Mark and John

Mark Dreyer and John Underhill show techniques for customizing wood pen barrels. Some segmentation, bleaching, dying on the lathe and other processes are shown.
Produced in ZOOM presentation June 27, 2024 at ExoticBlanks.

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Ed, Mark, and John; I turned a Holly blank for a Slim-Line pen and it was so bland I decided to try to color the wood. I used a Neon Yellow highlighter and planned to coat it with CA. As soon as the CA touched the colored blank the bright yellow turned a Cherry Red color. It turned out awesome. A big surprise. I can't explain why this happened, I'm guessing some chemical reaction.