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Gents i have the chance of some pen blanks (of which i will post for sale on here very cheaply) they are 1" square but only 5" long.I have always cut my blanks to 6" !!!! Is 5" any good in the pen making world ??

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5" blanks are useful for lots of kits, for example slimlines need just over 4 inches.

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120mm is a good length to cover the basic slim line pens, the tubes being 52mm long. but some kits that I would use these on are longer and would prefer at least 140mm.

At 150 (6") the end user could have a good choice of what to do with them then..:thumbs:
 
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5" is fine to us Gents Ian, not sure the women would agree thou ... :whistling:
 
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Longest I have turned so far is a Jr Gent - I got that out of a 5" Purlpleheart blank. Snakewood at 5" sounds good to me!

What kits need 140mm???
 
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If a woman ever says to you that size doesn't matter, just ignore her, she would soon start moaning when the wallpaper started to peel.

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I had some snakewood the other day and once I finished turning the pen the next day it had split the full length of the pen when I looked at it on the web it says it is prone to doing this
 
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bellringer said:
I had some snakewood the other day and once I finished turning the pen the next day it had split the full length of the pen when I looked at it on the web it says it is prone to doing this
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You got it too hot.

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bellringer said:
I have heard that even if you dont get it hot it can crack
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Any wood can do that, but snakewood is prone to cracking/splitting after it has been hot.

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Buckeye said:
If a woman ever says to you that size doesn't matter, just ignore her, she would soon start moaning when the wallpaper started to peel.

Peter
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Excellent stuff Peter... :funny::funny::funny:
 

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