We did it, again! The 2nd Pen Turners’ Swap is complete, I received the box yesterday. What a box it is – lots of really great stuff in here….

The map…

Here’s the box, literally overflowing with pen turning goodness.

Now feast your eyes on THIS…

What an awesome assortment of blanks! Now check out these finished pens and kits.

WOW! There’s tons of great stuff in here, the camera doesn’t come close to showing the gem-like sheen (there’s a word for it but it escapes me right now) on the maple in the back. There’s some neet laminated maple/oak and maple/cherry blanks. And some composite decking material too (Scott, did you do that?) that I’m looking forward to trying out. Some really nice cedar, CA Olive, camphor, walnut, spalted oak, and on and on!

A HUGE THANKS to all the Lumberjocks that participated in the swap, you guys all really make this an awesome thing. I’ve got some great stuff to try out in the shop and I know others got the same when the box came there way. Gimme a few days and I’ll get Round 3 going… still time if anyone else wants to get in on the fun.

The map:

Soooo… we’re about to wrap this round up! Once it gets back to me I’ll go through everything and get us a fresh box, then we’ll get Round 3 going. If you’re interested please PM me and let me know! if you’re not sure what all this craziness is about check out this post.

Thanks to all who participated in Round 2!!!!

Ron said he’ll get it moving along to rb765 shortly. They’re not too far from each other so it shouldn’t take too long to make the jump.

That’s the last stop before coming back to me in Atlanta so… we’re taking names now for Round 3 of the pen trade. If you want in please send me a PM so I can add you to the list.

Map’s still the same for now, I’ll update once it gets to the next stop.

Rikkor is done with the box o’ blanks and has put them in the mail on their journey to California and bigguy’s shop. Only a couple more stops and we’ll be all wrapped up on Round 2! Thanks again everyone – I hope you’ve all enjoyed this!

And… as always… the much anticipated map!

I’ve already received inquiries for Round 3 so it looks like that will definitely happen. If you’re interested go ahead and PM me and I’ll start to keep a list of Jocks to contact. Probably about a month out on starting the next one.

Here’s our latest map…

A quick and easy trip for the pen box this time. It made the short jump over to Ryno101’s in no time at all. He sounds extremely excited to dig into this! Funny how all of us (supposed) grown folks get so childish over a box full of sticks. Remember Lincoln Logs??? Those were awesome…

Annny-how… the box is in great hands now and I know from the past posts that he’ll enjoy what awaits him when he opens this up. I’m actually starting to get some stuff prepped for Round 3 already, I have a stack of super Brazilian Cherry that I’ll be dropping in the box on the next trip!

Here’s the latest map:

RIKKOR – You’re next on the list! TedM regretfully stepped out to try and avoid a long delay getting to and from Canada, we appreciate his sacrifice. Next round we’ll see if we can get a few more of our Northern Neighbors to join us so we can send it around in Canada for a while then drop it back into the states. Are you Canadian turners listening??? Let us know if you’d like to be in Round 3 – we’re getting on the tail end of Round 2 soon!

ScottB sends word to us pen traders that he has the box in his possession! Sounds like he’s enjoying what he has to choose from and interested to see the stock changing as it moves along – Scott commented that only a couple items from Trade #1 are still in the box now.

Down here (Atlanta) most of the kids are back in school, I thought that was the case for most of the kids in the US but I overheard a conversation where some schools are not going back until after Labor Day! Wow, I remember that from when I was a kid but thought they quit those long summers years ago.

I guess with school back in some people may have more time in the shop and others may have less time in the shop. I know here in Atlanta the biggest thing we notice when school’s back in is the increase in traffic on the roads!

Here’s the latest map:

Some of the projects on here are unreal. They go well beyond a “woodworking project” to a true work of art, I could easily see some of these pieces landing in a museum. Always makes me want to improve my skills and learn new things.

Good luck to all that entered and thanks Martin for another great contest!

The pen trade box is moving right along! As many of us suspected, Karson loaded the box as much as he could – thanks again, Karson! The box is on it’s way to Frank in NY now, ain’t he a lucky guy to get this right after Karson???

Here’s the latest map…

Hope everyone is having fun with this, I know I am!

TedM and I exchanged a few emails and, for now, he’s going to step out of the trade rotation. We hate to see him go but we know from the first round of the trade that time/costs to Canada can be a burden – especially as the box gets heavier. Ted – maybe you can spur a Canadian version of the swap? I’ll be glad to help anyway I can.

Thanks again everyone!

Here’s our updated map…

Good news for Karson, the box doesn’t have far to travel when in leaves Shannon’s hands!