Tasmanina Blackwood Victorian Pen

[tgsean]

Black wood is a very nice timber, and takes a good CA finish. This is another pen I auctioned at the fundraiser, went for AUD 200.

C & C welcome

Cheers,
Sean

 

[stonepecker]

Another great pen for a wonderful cause.

 

[Bob Wemm]

Beautiful pen Sean.
That Blackwood is really good when cross cut. I had a square blank that I cut a circle from and the corners made some real nice pens.
Great Job.

Bob.

 

[tgsean]

Thanks Bob and Wayne. I agree Black wood is awesome.

 

[robutacion]

Very pretty wood and a very contemporary kit...!

The #53 BlackWood I've got, that had lived and grown in this town, in someone's property, has some resemblance if from the very centre of the log, some people confuse Australian Black-Wattle and Australian Blackwood however, I have also seen other pieces of Australian BlackWood grown is other states that look very different so I would say, there should be some variants of this species throughout Australia...!

Cheers
George

 

[tgsean]

This time we had the WA wood & craft show, for the first time there was a stall from Tasmania, so I bought some Black wood, Huon pine and Black heart sassafras. George what would be the best way to cut the BHS so that you can maximize the spalting? Not sure if you saw my other post of the Victorian pen with BHS, but most of the spalting got turned off

 

[hobbyist2013]

It looks so nice and almost fragile! Too gorgeous to use. Love the pen blank, fit and finish.

 

[Band Saw Box]

Very nice

 

[Fishinbo]

That's an amazing pen! Love the style. Well done