a bubba aloha :-)

[jcarrell]

aloha y'all

here are some pens i've been working during the last 2 bubbasville's and in-between (we had a bubbasville this past sat and tonight[tue]):

from left to right:

curly koa w/rho & blkti sierra
curly koa w/gold ti baron
curly koa w/blk ti baron
curly koa - sapwood w/gold baron
curly koa w/plat baron
curly koa w/rho & gold ti emperor
curly mango w/gold ti sierra

all finished w/CA...i have been collecting hawaiian woods during my trips to hawaii for the past 6 years...and if you can't tell, i really do like curly koa

mahalo nui loa y'all

torne pluma...jeff c, in foat wuth TX, one of the bubbas
www.bubbasville.com

come to the penturners track at the annual texas woodturning symposium - SWAT, 09.29 thru 10.01, for more info goto www.swaturners.com ...no other woodturning symposium has a dedicated track for penturners, this is our 2nd year for such a program!

 

[PenWorks]

Nice Koa collection, good work Jeff.
First Hawaiian lingo I heard with a drrraaawllll []

Kahlua, Kahlua []

 

[johncrane]

G'day Jeff they look fantastic mate!I like the emperor it is standing up there like its the king of all pens. p/s When I go touring in the outback I also borrow/collect wood for the fire[]for/pens[[:0]it helps keep Australia beautiful.

 

[Ron Mc]

Very nice Jeff!
It really makes one aware of how many different shades the same wood can look.
I'm looking forward to a closer look at the Mango.

 

[Penmonkey]

Great pens! That emperor shure is a big one.

 

[blodal]

I saw a couple of these pens last night at Bubbasville. They are beautifil pens. That curly Koa is great. That is my first Emperor to see in person. It is BIG!!!

Great work Jeff, and thanks again for your help last night.

 

[Dario]

All look great...I love Koa too [].

The golden brown ones look fantastic!!!

 

[wags54]

All great lookig pens! Great craftsmanship!

 

[Jim15]

Very nice group of pens, great work.

 

[chitswood]

Lots of koa for you?[]

They all look great!

 

[SteveRoberts]

Jeff,

Are you trying to hurt my feelings with what you did with that koa?

Sheesh....

Steve

 

[kkwall]

Veryyyyyyyyy Niceeeeeeeeeeeee[xx(][][][]

 

[jcarrell]

thanx everyone for the nice comments!!!!

and for steve, this is koa that i brought back in 2000 & 2005...i haven't touched any of those penblanks i got from you as of yet (although a few have found their ways to a couple of other shops ;-)


obtw, if you need some great looking instrument grade curly koa, i have some available ;-) ;-)

torne pluma...jeff c, in foat wuth TX

Originally posted by SteveRoberts
<br />Jeff,

Are you trying to hurt my feelings with what you did with that koa?

Sheesh....

Steve

 

[Stretch]

Very nice!!

. . but curly mango?? never heard of such a thing for sale, where'd you get it from?

 

[Dario]

Originally posted by Stretch
<br />Very nice!!

. . but curly mango?? never heard of such a thing for sale, where'd you get it from?

I have some []

 

[Boomalia]

Nice work!