buckeye burl european

[low_48]

This buckeye was an experiment. I took a chance on a '60's burl clock on Ebay. It had the plastic gold Roman Numerials and all. Of course it had the heavy plastic top coat. I thought at the $15 bid how could I go wrong. Well the shipping was almost the same as the price of the clock. The finish was so damn hard it dulled a bandsaw blade and a carbide tipped circular saw blade. I did get a nice batch of blanks, but the back of the clock had all kinds of bark. I was basically disappointed to say the least. Here is the first pen, and guess what, I'm not so disappointed any more!

Rich

 

[Fleabit]

Yea...one thing I have found with Ebay, is the sellers will go with a blanket fee for shipping (some will even make up a loss by jacking the shipping). Tends to make a good buy expensive. The pen has outstanding figure and is beautifully done! Great work on it.

 

[JimGo]

Yup, looks like a GREAT find!

 

[MDWine]

Very very pretty

 

[rtjw]

Very nice. Never thought of looking on ebay for different things than pen blanks

 

[opfoto]

Seems as tho' you made out just fine. Esp if all the blanks turn out as well as this one did. Nice job!

 

[KKingery]

I think it looks great!

 

[swm6500]

Very nice looking pen Rich. Never know where you will find a pen.

 

[woodscavenger]

With a story like that I might have to loan you my monicker for a while.....the next woodscavenger! Don't you love recycling.[]

 

[jdavis]

Extra nice pen.[8]

 

[MDWine]

Nice wood, indeed!!

 

[rtgleck]

Looks like you made out very well indeed. Great looking wood and a great looking pen.

 

[simplepens]

Great looking pen. Very creative on where to get the wood.

 

[jvsank]

very nice pen

 

[Gary]

Nice work.