A bowl of pens

[jtate]

Here are some of my recent efforts - the pens and the bowl.

The bowl is Sassafras, which is fun to turn - smells great, but too soft for pens. The bowl contains are two cocobolo Churchills, a Cedar pen made from wood from my Dad's farm, and a few others.

Comments/suggestions welcomed!

Julia

 

[fstepanski]

Nice variety, like the presentation. Sassafras & chamfer always leave the shop with a nice smell..

 

[GoodTurns]

I'm simply bowled over![]
Very nice set (and bowl)!

 

[rd_ab_penman]

I like the bowl! What type of wood is it? Oh yea, I like the bunch of pens too!

 

[jtate]

The bowl is sassafras and had started to rot in the center. Lots of CA preserved the remaining wood..

Thanks for the compliments!

Julia

 

[Rmartin]

Very nice!

I like the one with the knot whick looks like zebra wood.

Is the first one on the left Kauri?

 

[jtate]

Yes I think it is Kauri. Anyone know anything about Kauri? A friend, whose company makes brooms and mops, gave me some handles from various hardwoods and this is one of them. I just made the pen, I don't know anything about the wood.

 

[johncrane]

very nice bunch Julia my pick is number 5.[]

 

[txbatons]

All the pens are great looking. The bowl too.

 

[Rmartin]

Kauri is a huge tree. I'm talking big here. Very big. Did I mention that it's big?

Several penturners, me included, turn Ancient Kauri. It is found under farmland in northern New Zealand. It has been carbon dated to 50,000 years old. That's old. The world's oldest workable wood. Did I mention that it's old? And big?

Rmartin

 

[jtate]

Big and Old. I got it.
And it's from New zealand. Cool!

 

[TBone]

Very nice work Julia. I too like the knot in the center the best...just personal preference.