Glen,
Is the nib fully extended on the ball point? If it is I think you need to look at the ends of the lower blank. Is the wood trimmed back to the ends of the tube?
Neil
Thanks for your comment , just checked the PEN, thank goodness it was only that I had not turned the mechanism fully for the photo shot.
Glen
Very nice set Glen, never made a cigar pencil .. What do you think of them?