Stump to pen

[gokartergo]

I usually don't show pics of my pens.. But this one has a story.. Yes I could have done better on the ends. I need to work on my photography. The first picture is when I picked up the stumps..A few months ago I picked these stumps up. Over two hours away from me. Many,many hours of work, Chain saw blades and band saw blades. The kit is a Arizona Silhouette Sterling silver.. Thanks

 

[DKF]

Very nice.....that is what turning is all about.....starts out as a stump, and ends up as a piece of art.......nice work

 

[JohnU]

Nice stumps and a great looking pen. Ive been eyeballing a large stump at a tree shredding place near me. Im going to have to get that thing!

 

[karlkuehn]

I know what you mean about eating up blades. I brought home some spalted walnut root burls the other day, and I swear there's more rocks than wood in there, but the wood is magnificent! Beautiful pen!

Man, that is a whole lotta red background. My eyes are bleeding from staring at it! heh Is that one of the rocks from the stump? []

 

[R2]

Great conversion from a wonderful score!![^]
Glad you won't be stumped for timber for a while.

 

[Nolan]

nice Dan

 

[Gary Max]

I like the pen and you did a fine job on the pic also.

 

[Grizz]

You mean out of all that stumpy wood, you got one gorgeous pen out of them? Wow. []

 

[GoodTurns]

Originally posted by Grizz

You mean out of all that stumpy wood, you got one gorgeous pen out of them? Wow. []

One stump for cap, one for the barrel, one for practice
spent a week sharpening the gouge he used to round it!

 

[gokartergo]

Originally posted by GoodTurns

Originally posted by Grizz

You mean out of all that stumpy wood, you got one gorgeous pen out of them? Wow. []

One stump for cap, one for the barrel, one for practice
spent a week sharpening the gouge he used to round it!

Yep,, But got a lot of fire wood.. I don't like sharing..LOL Actually that was the day I met Nolan.. I won these on Ebay for .02.. I took a couple home and Nolan came down with a big rig and took the rest.. I think he got around 10 stumps.. Always fun meeting new people..

 

[Dalecamino]

Dan , nice wood & nice pen . Being from Indiana , I'd like to know what kind of tree it is . Thanks [8D]

 

[rhahnfl]

You're making me re-think burning the wax myrtle stump I pulled up last weekend. Maybe, just maybe there could be something like that hiding in there? I might have to wash it off with the hose some more and look to see if there is any promise...then find a place to hide it long enough to dry it out.

 

[ahoiberg]

that's cool. wood is great. i'm also curious to know what kind of tree that was.

 

[gokartergo]

Originally posted by ahoiberg

that's cool. wood is great. i'm also curious to know what kind of tree that was.

Sorry,, It is/was Black walnut..

 

[Dalecamino]

Thanks Dan ! You gonna keep all that for yourself ??? [8D]

 

[gokartergo]

I am not in the business of selling.. Nolan is.. He got a lot more then I did.. I know he has a lot for sell..

 

[Dalecamino]

That's cool ! Sorry I missed that connection . Should put me on Mr. Obvious !! LOL

 

[gokartergo]

Ordinarily I would sell some. But that is what Nolan does for a living. This is not what I do for a living.. He also had to pay for the gas for a big rig to go down and pick it up. I might be doing a IAP fund raiser with some thou.. Thanks Dan

 

[Dalecamino]

I try to be fair . I'll watch for Nolan to sell some , and I'll watch for a Fund Raiser too . Those are some nice stumps . You guys did good ! [8D]