Walnut burl pen blanks

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153 days ago

A friend of mine is getting married soon and wants me to make a bunch of bolt action pens. He wants them to be interesting as far as grain, but traditional gunstock material. We settled on walnut burls as regular walnut just doesn’t have enough figure (especially on a small blank pen like these).

Where can I get some that is good quality and very figured?

-- http://www.etsy.com/shop/KandJWoodCrafts

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Sodabowski home \| projects \| blog 1903 posts in 1029 days #1 posted 153 days ago	Cook Woods. -- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.
Don W home \| projects \| blog 10208 posts in 764 days #2 posted 153 days ago	these were nice if there are any left. I posted some knobs and totes I made so you can see the grain, http://lumberjocks.com/topics/30573 -- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)
Kreegan home \| projects \| blog 1452 posts in 343 days #3 posted 152 days ago	Check out oregonburls.com. Search for claro walnut. http://www.oregonburls.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3539496 -- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."
Kreegan home \| projects \| blog 1452 posts in 343 days #4 posted 152 days ago	Oooh! Or these English walnut ones, http://www.oregonburls.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3343669 -- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."
lumberjoe home \| projects \| blog 2424 posts in 445 days #5 posted 151 days ago	Thanks everyone. I ended up getting some of the English walnut ones from Oregon Burls. They look awesome -- http://www.etsy.com/shop/KandJWoodCrafts
lumberjoe home \| projects \| blog 2424 posts in 445 days #6 posted 142 days ago	Rich, thanks again for that tip! The English walnut I got from Oregon Burls came out amazing -- http://www.etsy.com/shop/KandJWoodCrafts

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