Spalted gent plus

[Rick P]

First pen is a spalted cotton wood root Jr Gent, rather happy with it. Comments as always welcome and encouraged.

 

[Rick P]

And a sierra in bocote........trying to use up some old stock and vary current stock a bit.

 

[IPD_Mrs]

Excellent - I love the spalted cotton wood. The character in it is simply striking.
The 2nd pen is also very pretty .

Mrs.

 

[corian king]

Very nice set of pens.

 

[boxerman]

I also really like the cotton wood one. This second pen is also very nice.

 

[Hubert H]

I really like the spalted cotton wood. I'm old enough to remember when spalted/rotting wood was good for nothing. Now we make some of the nicest things with it. Very nice pen. HWH

 

[scotirish]

Great looking pens! I also like the salted Cottonwood.
Ron

 

[Rick P]

Thanks Guys! Its appreciated!

 

[D.Oliver]

Not to take anything away from your second pen, but that cottonwood is WOW! Is that some of the stuff you harvested?

Great looking pens! I also like the salted Cottonwood.
Ron

Dang it. Doc says I need to cut back on things that are salted.

 

[Rick P]

Yes it is. This one came from a stump I moved while clearing some of my land. I am moving to all reclaimed woods, when the exotics I have are gone that's it unless I get a special order. I get a lot more out of the stuff I harvest, it sells better and its more environmentally responsible.


I will still be doing a lot of antler, bone and ivory work but most of that comes form similar sources.........the moose and caribou antler is from my dinner. The sea mammal stuff from a native bone yard, most of it is centuries old.

 

[D.Oliver]

Yes it is. This one came from a stump I moved while clearing some of my land. I am moving to all reclaimed woods, when the exotics I have are gone that's it unless I get a special order. I get a lot more out of the stuff I harvest, it sells better and its more environmentally responsible.


I will still be doing a lot of antler, bone and ivory work but most of that comes form similar sources.........the moose and caribou antler is from my dinner. The sea mammal stuff from a native bone yard, most of it is centuries old.

That's awesome and with as good as your cottonwood pen looks, it has just as much eye appeal as any exotics wood.

 

[toyotaman]

It goes to show what an old stump can do if left alone long enough. Beautiful work.

 

[Rick P]

Thank you very much gentelmen. I still have two very big birch stumps to cut up that look very promising, several small spruce stumps and a heavily burled birch tree to process.

 

[Sam@CSUSA]

Those spalted pens look great!