pine cone pen

[moyehow]

couple of Jr. Gentlemen pens made with long leaf pine cones.

 

[papaturner]

Looks great.

 

[Tanner]

These are hard to do. You pulled it off beautifully!!!!

 

[ldb2000]

Great job on those .

 

[pprioli]

They look really unique. Were they difficult to turn down?

 

[workinforwood]

Very nice.

 

[moyehow]

Turning requires adding CA glue through out turning. I also added CA glue to the ends of the blanks before drilling. It takes a very large pine cone. I have been able to find over 200 pine cones in the area big enough to turn. There may be more. I just started looking for pine cones that are 10-12 inches in lenght. I was able to use one pine cone to make one of the pens. The other one took 2 pine cones. The most difficult part of the process is drilling the blanks without them cracking. I have listed some of the pine cones on Ebay. I have to pay for my hobbie somehow. I will be listing more. drilling a 7mm hole can be done easily in the blanks, larger holes require accuracy and sharp drill bits. Not all the blanks I sell can be drilled larger than 7mm. It's hard to find pine cones with that big of core.