Recycled Teak

[jcreasey]

My friend was replacing the handrails on his 60 year old sailing boat (Tondelayo.com). I got him to send me some of the old wood and made this pen. He estimates the wood is over 100 years old.

 

[mark james]

Excellent job John. I like the clean lines of the segments; and also love turning recycled teak. Every now and then I find a discarded chair or table - and the timber is often wonderful.

Cheers.

 

[jcreasey]

Excellent job John. I like the clean lines of the segments; and also love turning recycled teak. Every now and then I find a discarded chair or table - and the timber is often wonderful.

Cheers.

Thanks Mark! Yes it is lovely wood. It has a lovely golden shimmer.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen.

 

[OZturner]

Spectacular Pen, John,
I love the use of Timber with a Noteworthy Past.
Excellent Segmenting, Fit and Finish.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Sylvanite]

Nice job! Is the segmentation holly to match the sole of the boat?

Eric

 

[jcreasey]

Nice job! Is the segmentation holly to match the sole of the boat?

Eric

I just thought that brass would go with the wood and would be a bit nautical.
My friend's only instructions were to make it "Piratey"!

 

[Rick_G]

Turned out good John. The segmenting looks good and adds that little extra touch. I like recycled teak as well. In the 60's my parents got their first good furniture with a workmans comp. payout from when my dad broke his back at work. The coffee table came with an extra set of legs so you could change the height to suit you. He carried them around through 4 moves and gave them to me a few years ago. I made pens for him and my brothers with them. Still have a little left but not much.

 

[jcreasey]

Turned out good John. The segmenting looks good and adds that little extra touch. I like recycled teak as well. In the 60's my parents got their first good furniture with a workmans comp. payout from when my dad broke his back at work. The coffee table came with an extra set of legs so you could change the height to suit you. He carried them around through 4 moves and gave them to me a few years ago. I made pens for him and my brothers with them. Still have a little left but not much.

You know you just reminded me of some wood that I saved ages ago from some furniture legs. I'm pretty sure that is teak as well. I'll have to dig it out when I get back to the shop!

Thanks for all the great comments. I love sharing my work and reading all the feedback.