A part of myself died

[edicehouse]

I got some Hybrid blanks from George's bits of timber, and this was one of them. A friend picked it out from something I had posted. Well he wanted a certain plated slimline. This is what he picked out. When I assembled it I swear a part of my soul died.

This is a Fig burl Hybrid from George.

 

[mecompco]

Beautiful! Don't think I could have brought myself to put that on a Slim. ;-)

 

[jttheclockman]

It is only wood. Plenty of more where that came from. Dramatic with the statement. Thought maybe you lost a limb or something.:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[socdad]

A beautiful pen, regardless of the components.

 

[OZturner]

Spectacular Slimline Ed.
Fantastic Blank from George, the chances are that he will still have some waiting for you.
Great Fit and Finish.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[bpgoldo]

Ed, nice pen, terrific blank, good craftsmanship, but don't die! How about just a bad case of gas. Maybe a heartburn. George will have plenty more beautiful pieces to turn....for years to come.

 

[robutacion]

It is only wood. Plenty of more where that came from. Dramatic with the statement. Thought maybe you lost a limb or something.:biggrin::biggrin:

Humm, is that right...?:frown:

Hahahah, little did I know that Ed was talking about one of my blanks/Resifills as yes, I agreed with you entirely on all accounts, in the scales of things, that is like a flea biting on an elephant.

Cheers
George

 

[robutacion]

I got some Hybrid blanks from George's bits of timber, and this was one of them. A friend picked it out from something I had posted. Well he wanted a certain plated slimline. This is what he picked out. When I assembled it I swear a part of my soul died.

This is a Fig burl Hybrid from George.

Hi Ed, just a little correction about that blank, is not a burl, the wood have come from a Fig tree trunk fork that has spalted and cracked magnificently while in the weather for a couple of years on my wood storage paddock.

I have never seen Fig burl formations and I've seen a lot of Fig trees, you get sometimes some tiny small bulge formations the size of a plum at the outer skin of the trunk, those are in fact inset bits that form a type of cyst.

I'm glad that you give it some "body", I don't think that would be much left of that blank if you had turned a thin/slim profile and in all honestly, I don't think that is any reason for you to say such a thing, you followed your customer's request, and that is what matters...!

I really like what you've done with it, congrats...!

Thank you also for mentioning the blanks origin...!

Cheers
George

 

[robutacion]

Ed, nice pen, terrific blank, good craftsmanship, but don't die! How about just a bad case of gas. Maybe a heartburn. George will have plenty more beautiful pieces to turn....for years to come.

Well, I hope you are right...!:biggrin:

Seriously, such simple words do have a strong hold on me, they are of positive nature and I appreciate that.

Cheers
George