Barn wood

[Laurenr]

A lady in Washington State sent me some barn wood, asking if I could make pens from it. She wants them as gifts for her family, as the barn and family farm is no longer in existence. So far this is what I have come up with.

 

[jimm1]

Beautiful. Great memories for the family.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Gorgeous

 

[ctubbs]

Beautiful work. Was the color already in the wood?

I did a similar thing with wood from my wife's grandmother's plum tree after she died. Great response.

 

[Drstrangefart]

That's a really nice looking job with a cool story. I bet they're gonna be looking at handing those pens down for a few generations.....

 

[LarryDNJR]

Looks slick man, nice job!

 

[robutacion]

A lady in Washington State sent me some barn wood, asking if I could make pens from it. She wants them as gifts for her family, as the barn and family farm is no longer in existence. So far this is what I have come up with.

And so far, I reckon you done a good job at it...!:wink:

Is always very pleasing to be able to produce something (pen or other) out of a piece of wood with significance, huh...???

Cheers
George

 

[Pioneerpens]

very nice! I'm sure she'll love them!

 

[Rangertrek]

Very Nice! I really like making pens from owner supplied wood. those types are my favorite.

 

[Papa mark]

Great job, like the colors. A lady at my work brought me a slab of 100 year old pecan that she wanted a pen made for her mom. Dad told mom about it and now the order has increased to six pens for the family, my choice on designs. Sweet !!!

 

[renowb]

Really nice looking pens! They have some history!

 

[seamus7227]

I like they way you incorporated your resin with the wood, really matches nicely!

 

[TellicoTurning]

A lady in Washington State sent me some barn wood, asking if I could make pens from it. She wants them as gifts for her family, as the barn and family farm is no longer in existence. So far this is what I have come up with.

Lauren,
That's a very very nice pen... she'll treasure that for years...

There's a great old tobacco barn sitting across the road in front of my house... not sure what the wood is it's made from, likely oak here in East Tennessee... I suspect there's about a million blanks in the wood...

 

[wizard]

Beautiful eye catching pen! That wood with the resin and kit matches so well.
A very special pen!

 

[Old Lar]

That's a great looking pen. Another wood for me to try. I have a big pile of barn wood that I use to make picture frames for some scroll saw pics that I make. I too got a piece of cedar out of an old barn built in eastern SD in 1904. The guy wants 8 pens for his family. Made one- great old wood.

 

[Laurenr]

It's not always a sure thing. I took the time to cast them in resin, and even then there were hard and soft spots.

 

[thewishman]

Well done! You retained the old while incorporating a bit of new. Great solution to the challenge.