Most carvers wish to sign their work. The cutting pens were not adequate and could not move in all directions. It was necessary to design a rounded-end pen tip that could move in all directions without snagging in the wood. Flat burners scribe plaques with poetry, quotations, or personalized sayings to be sold at craft shows. Bird carvers turn the heat low and put the wrinkles on the duck's bill by depressing the wood. Pyrographers use this pen for the dotting technique.
Flat burners scribe plaques with poetry, quotations, or personalized sayingsPyrographers use this pen for the dotting technique