Pine Cone Numero Dos

[karlkuehn]

Well, worked on a second pine cone today, cast in PR, Berea black chrome cigar.

Little fill, little re-attach a leaf here and there. Somewhat of a pain, but worth it in the end. I'm working out the bugs on casting these and will be offering blanks for sale sometime soon, but they ain't gonna be cheap! There's a lot of prep work involved to get them right.

 

[toolcrazy]

Wow, wow. My wife saw this pen. Now I have to make one.

Beautiful work.

 

[R2]

That is spectacular!!![][][8D][^]

What sort of Pine cone Scientific name if poosible as well as common name. Thanx.

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by R2
<br />That is spectacular!!![][][8D][^]

What sort of Pine cone Scientific name if poosible as well as common name. Thanx.

Wow, I was hoping someone could tell me what it is. I found them in our church front yard and picked up a few.

Common name? Hey, pine cones!
Scientific Name? Opportunitum Scroungeus Abunchii. []

Sorry I can't be more help. If I get time, I'll take a picture of the tree. It's got sorta droopy branches if I remember right, not real structured like a noble fir or something like that. I know, I'm a lousy tree geek. heh

 

[Ligget]

That is a spectacular pen Karl, I`m sure you will sell lots of those blanks![]

 

[johncrane]

Very very nice Karl.[][]

 

[rherrell]

GREAT JOB Karl!

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by R2
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What sort of Pine cone Scientific name if poosible as well as common name. Thanx.

FYI, I did a little research, and found out that the cones that I have are from a Norway Spruce (Picea Abies). Figured I'd better know what they are if I'm going to sell them sometime!

 

[broitblat]

It looks like it's worth worth the effort -- beautiful pen! Can you post a picture of the "blank" before turning?

-Barry

 

[fernhills]

Hi,i have lot of cones laying around in our yard several times a yr,,big ones and some small ones,i`ll sell ya some,maybe 5 bucks a cone.[][]Just beutiful work.. Carl

 

[GaryMGg]

Beautiful work Karl. That looks great.

 

[Pompeyite]

Nice work Karl,
It looks as though you will have to "Cone Off" your drive to stop us all trying to get your cone blanks.[][][8D][][}]