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Well I finally got a chance to try our some of the material that made it back to me from the Pen Turners' Swap!
It was hard to choose but I dug into one of my favorite woods (Walnut) and some Smokewood Bush shared with us by Karson.
I made the Walnut into a Copper Euro style pen. It came out mighty fine…
However, the Smokewood Bush was an amazing wood to work with. The pictures don’t do the colors in this wood justice. The yellow portion ranges from light mustard yellow to a yellow-brown, really unique stuff! It turned easily and I finished with CA/BLO topped with Shellawax.
Thanks guys for sharing some great woods!
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
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trifern
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posted 553 days ago
Very cool!
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Karson
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posted 553 days ago
Glad you liked the wood. Thanks for running the exchange.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Grant Davis
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posted 553 days ago
Very nice, I really like the Smokewood Bush. If I can ask where did you get the blank?
-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"
Scott Bryan
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posted 552 days ago
Both of these a nice pens but I tend to prefer the smokewood bush.
Well done.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
TedM
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posted 552 days ago
I’m with Scott, both are great but the smokewood bush catches my eye.
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rikkor
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posted 552 days ago
Great pens. I haven’t started in on my bounty yet. How soon is round two?
Karson
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posted 484 days ago
The smoke wood bush was a shrub that we had in our front yard. Some of the branches started to die and so I cut them down. I then saw this beautiful yellow wood.
The branch I have is about 2 1/2” in dia. and about 3’ long. So there are a few blanks there, but not many.
Here is a bush in my daughters home she just bought. It likes like the one that I had but I haven’t cut down any of her branches.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †