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…what I do with an old bam-boo
Makes everybody cheer!
Extra long Bamboo twist pen in gold.
A truly one of a kind pen, (for now, I’ve got 2 or 3 similar blanks at the ready!) the top is twice as long as a standard Euro or Mont Blanc style pen – 8 inches tall! But still well balanced and easy to write with, like an old calligraphy pen or brush. Nothing like those souvenir 1 or 2 foot long pencils that are impossible to write neatly or comfortably with.
Made from sustainable bamboo – a fast growing grass that is equal in hardness and durability to maple – used as flooring or cutting boards. Natural color, with straight grain and a couple nodes showing. Sanded and buffed smooth, and finished with friction polish.
Not being a standard kit, this pen was an experiment gone right. The pen was made with the lower half of a euro kit, and takes a standard Cross refill.
This is the 16th item in my 30 day project/challenge
& auction.
You can have me hat or me bum-ber-shoo
But you’d better never bother with me ol’ bam-boo.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/































10 comments so far
rikkor
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posted 356 days ago
This one is really cool! You have a great month going Scott.
jockmike2
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posted 356 days ago
Unusual for you Scott, but very cool.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 356 days ago
Very nice Scott!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 355 days ago
that’s cool.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
dustygirl
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posted 355 days ago
Nice pen Scott.
-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?
Karson
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posted 355 days ago
Very nice scott.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
woodturnersupply
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posted 355 days ago
Very unique pen. NICE!
-- Christina, British Columbia, Canada http://www.woodturnersupply.wordpress.com
RobS
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posted 355 days ago
“Extra long with a twist”.....Sounds like a drink. Cool looking pen. Nice job.
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
Napaman
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posted 355 days ago
i love it when something goes right!!! great job…what # is this ???
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
scottb
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posted 355 days ago
oh, right, this is #16! (just updated the post, thanks Matt)
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/