Road Side Maple

[splinter99]

Found a few small burls on some of the maple I brought home..Thought they may be large enough to get a few pens from..

Thanks for looking

 

[JimGo]

Looks like you were right! Nice job!

 

[pete00]

wow super looking....

 

[kent4Him]

Very nice. I hope that the owner didn't care.

 

[Dario]

Very nice wood and pen. Well done!

 

[jjenk02]

What they said..[]

 

[Tanner]

Very nice!! The black from the Seirra makes the grain pop.

 

[reef12]

Wish I could anything worth a ^hit on the side of the road here.

Great Pen BTW

 

[csb333]

That is a fine looking piece of wood!- Chris

 

[splinter99]

thanks everyone for nice comments

 

[Jerryconn]

Now that is a very nice looking pen! Fit and finish are great, the blank is outstanding!!

 

[Ron Mc]

I'm going to be very honest with you....I tend to scan the subjects of the posts to decide if I need to open to help out or to have a look.
I past yours up the last few times I have logged in but decided that I needed to take a look.

That is an absolutely beautiful example of a pen that was created because you stopped in the road! Absolutely beautiful piece of wood and pen! Well done.

 

[toolcrazy]

That is one nice pen.

It's fun to find things at the side of the road you can use, especially after a storm. I found some Madrona that I wish I could of go all of it. But I only got a 3' piece. When I went back, the reast was gone. []

 

[Jim15]

Beutiful pen and wood.

 

[johncrane]

L agree with above and l also think its one of the best,road finds l have seen.[]

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Wow, a free blank that turns out like that? You are so lucky and it is a fine looking pen.

 

[guts]

Harold,that's a real beauty,very well done.

 

[Hiram33]

Very nice wood a very good look pen

 

[bob393]

Nice work.

 

[Ozzy]

Great find and a great looking pen.

 

[Radman]

That's a pretty nice blank you used there. I have to pay more attention when I'm in the sticks...

 

[BigRob777]

Harold,
I love it when you get swirls and eyes together in a pen. Very nice work. It almost seems to light up. I found a dead tree, with dozens of baseball, to football sized burls all over it and I got most of them. Unfortunately, they've sat outside,without any anchorseal on them since the summer. I've been dying to try some of them out.
Rob

 

[splinter99]

Thanks again everyone..I have enough of it for one more pen..the rest of the trunk is spalted and will be used for bowls and lamps..hope to post some pics of that when I get time to turn them..

but Im embarking on making my first emporer..a commisioned pen for a co-worker and tonight was suckered in to...I mean asked to make another kitchen table for my ML..complete with bench style seating,
all that on top of two jobs and going for my amature radio license..Im pretty busy...
but its a good kind of tired