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I got in the mood to make a few pens.

I had (Wanted) to make 4 pens for people who helped in out 20" snow that happened a week or so ago.

One neighbor used his Bobcat to clear out the road in our subdivision,

Another neighbor used his bobcat to clear out my driveway.

A third neighbor used his pickup to pull me out of a stuck condition at the end of the subdivision, before all the snow was removed.

So I made them some pens.

A Big Leaf Maple burl pen, a Pink Ivory pen, A Mesquite Pen and a Texas Ebony pen. They were all given away before I took any pictures.

You just have to take my word on that.

While I was making them I found a couple of pieces of Snakewood that I had gotten as part of some scrap that I bought. (Snakewood scrap) I planed to use it as inlays etc. Anyway some of the pieces were big enough to be used for pens. The figure might not have been intense enough for the originator to keep and sell as pen blanks.

I made two pens and I'll just keep them on my desk for a while.

They will probably disappear over time.

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I understand Karson. I have made whole bunch and I think the only one still around is a deer anter pen my wife carries in her purse. They disappear quickly.
 

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Good Stuff Karson! ! It has been said that neighbors are great as long as they don't live next to you …. But I can clearly see this is not the case in your situation you have some great neighbors and I'm positive they really appreciate your pens..
 

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Nice pens!!
 

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seems like you need to join the crowd karson and get a bobcat…always nice to have good neighbors ….i love the pens..hadnt heard of snake wood…sure is nice looking…..
 

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Nice! Yep, you have to take photos before the stuff leaves the house!
 

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Great Looking Pens, Karson!

Lew
 

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you mean all I had to do was come over and dig some snow? like, you didn't call? ha. As usual, beautiful work… and I suspect that your give away's were better yet, if that is possible…
 

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Nice job, buddy.

But then, that's really no surprise.

Lee
 

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nice work , karson ,
and a great gesture .

that snakewood is awesome ,
and expensive !
all i could ever find were splits of it .
 

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i really like the wood! at first I was looking forward to a drink of Sake…(Sakewood Pens")...

It needs to be said again…and again…Karson--you are a good man!

Matt
 

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Matt: That was a great catch on the name. Spell checker didn't catch it. I better look at my dictionary.
 

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Here's some of my scrap pieces of snakewood.

 

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Nice job karson. Last year we had some snow but the tractor was behind the 5th wheel. My wife insisted I have it out front this year, but no snow, Too bad I'm not closer, maybe I could have gotten a pen too ;-)) I 'm still waitin for some snow to clear!!
 

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Good looking wood. Nice work.
 

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Nice job Karson. Don't worry we are sending you some warmer weather soon from down under. LOL
 
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