Bamboo Pen and Pencil Set

Hi Jim very striking,very well done! If I may sujest that if you get into making a larger amount of pens check around for cheaper prices. When I started out I bought mine at LV also. Mark

-- www.markscreativeturnings.ca

Thanks for the tip Mark. I’ve tried a few other sources for Pen kits and found the quality on the cheaper ones to be less than ideal. I suspect there are other sources that have good quality but my sources are limited because I’m in Canada and the US places like Penn State charge ridiculous shipping rates to Canada.

-- Jim in Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

Great job on those pens, i love the box: however i am fond of boxes.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

Hi Jim I too am from Canada (Ontario). Try woodchuckers he is in Toronto and he does ship to the west. Mark

-- www.markscreativeturnings.ca

Thanks for the tip Mark!! I will certainly check him out. —Jim

-- Jim in Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

Another great pen

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I have always pictured bamboo as a weed that when dried is a hollow stock. When they make the cutting boards (or other wood products), do they cut it into strips then laminate them to make the larger pieces?

I also thought it would be a very soft wood.

Worth keeping an eye on garage sales for old cutting boards and rolling pins I guess.

-- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

I think it is many strips laminated together but you can’t see the laminations. It’s actually a very hard wood, that’s why bamboo flooring is so popular because it’s almost indestructible. The nice thing about bamboo is that it is a weed and grows like one making it very eco-friendly. Unlike trees, a bamboo plant can be harvested one year and it’s back the same size the next year, they grow incredibly fast—Jim

-- Jim in Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca