Gidgee Sierra

[Ironwood]

A pice of two-toned Gidgee on a Chrome Sierra, CA finish.

 

[PenPal]

Choice slice of Gidgee Brad,great use of the sapwood. That timber is tough stuff mate with a real hardness in the upper scale.

Select grade to create with and you nailed it.

Peter.

 

[Jim15]

Another beauty.

 

[mark james]

Beautiful pen. Wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TattooedTurner]

Beautiful pen. I've never made a sierra but I've seen many where the shape of the barrel doesn't quite flow with the shape of the hardware to my eye. You nailed it perfectly IMO, well done.

 

[Ironwood]

Choice slice of Gidgee Brad,great use of the sapwood. That timber is tough stuff mate with a real hardness in the upper scale.

Select grade to create with and you nailed it.

Peter.

I got this stuff off our friend Ben, he was selling some blanks on the WWF a while back, lovely stuff, nice to turn despite its hardness.
Heres a pic of a few blanks I have left.
Droolworthy timber indeed....

Another beauty.

Thanks Jim.

Beautiful pen. Wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Mark, glad you like.

Beautiful pen. I've never made a sierra but I've seen many where the shape of the barrel doesn't quite flow with the shape of the hardware to my eye. You nailed it perfectly IMO, well done.

Thanks Jay. I like to shape my blanks to compliment whichever kit I am using.

 

[PenPal]

I rang Ben and passed on your goodwill re the timber he asked me to give you a shout mate from him. Kind regards ....Peter.

 

[Ironwood]

Thanks for that Peter. I haven't had contact with Ben for a while now, I hope he is keeping well.

 

[PenPal]

Thanks for that Peter. I haven't had contact with Ben for a while now, I hope he is keeping well.

Ben and Celia have a newish boy he is 9mths old all doing well and happy.

Peter.

 

[gtriever]

Beautiful pen and blank, I'd never heard of Gidgee before.

 

[Ironwood]

Thanks for that Peter. I haven't had contact with Ben for a while now, I hope he is keeping well.

Ben and Celia have a newish boy he is 9mths old all doing well and happy.

Peter.

Thanks for the update Peter, glad things are going well for him.

Beautiful pen and blank, I'd never heard of Gidgee before.

Thanks Mate. Gidgee is one of our Acacias, usually only available in small quantities here, not really a commercially available timber due to the small size of the logs and difficult recovery of the timber.
I am glad I could introduce you to it