Stratawood Cigar

[Ken Massingale]

Along with the very nice cocobolo blanks I ordered from Bill Jacobs, was a nice, but different, little 'bonus' blank.
Bill says it is stratawood, which apparently he rescued from the jaws of a dumpster.
Whatever it is, and regardless of where it came from, LOML insisted I turn it before any of the cocobolo. I like this stuff, it turned easy, but was very thirsty from being abandoned in the dumpster, it drank several loads of sealer before getting satisfied.
Anyhow, here's the resulting cigar pen:

Thanks for looking.
ken

 

[WoodChucker]

Ken, nice looking pen! Another wood I don't think I've seen before. Thanks for sharing and great job!

 

[tipusnr]

I really like that wood. Can't purchase any more right now (and remain married) but hope it's available in the future.

P.S. The pen's great too!!

 

[swm6500]

That is a very good looking pen Ken. Really is a nice looking wood to have been saved from a dumpster.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Great looking pen, interesting wood. Wondering about the true origin.

 

[rtjw]

Nice pen. Neat looking wood with a neat cut.

 

[dougle40]

WOW , Great looking pen , almost looks like Dymondwood .

 

[Old Griz]

Bill got that wood from the dumpster of a place that makes the risers for Compound bows... it also is done in a camo color combination... it is a shame that the place does not do the resin impregnation for the risers.. apparently that is done at the factory that actually makes the bows... probably a propriatory recipe..

 

[ilikewood]

Great looking pen Ken. You really did a good a job with it. It was a good idea to use a sanding sealer instead of CA as this wood is very thirsty. CA seems to darken it a bit and the sealer kept it very light.

Yes, the true orgin or that wood was in the garbage. This came from the last 3/4" cut of the sheets of this production shop that makes the grip section for some compound bows. They use 3" wide sections of the sheets and had no use for the last trimmed section (ala garbage bin). [8D]

 

[jdavis]

Very nice pen. Like the wood. Great grain. Good find

 

[badwin]

Very interesting wood. Looks great.
Brian

 

[Ken Massingale]

Thanks to all of you, it's appreciated.
This was a fun blank to turn, I'd like to have a few more to test a little dying.
Ken

 

[ilikewood]

Posted - Apr 18 2005 : 7:38:30 PM Thanks to all of you, it's appreciated.
This was a fun blank to turn, I'd like to have a few more to test a little dying.
Ken

Is that a hint? [8D] Contact me off-line and we can discuss it! []

 

[Fleabit]

Still a good looking piece of wood (and pen too) even if it is dumpster wood.

 

[Gregory Huey]

Very nice looking pen.