Thrift store wood for pens

[dmadis]

Found a couple of cutting boards at the thrift store made of oak, walnut, cocobolo, maple and laminated oak/maple. Top pen is the laminate, next with cocobolo, with maple & with walnut. The laminate has great chatoyance on the side grain. The two top pens use the gunmetal slimline pen kits from Woodturningz which I really like.

Also found a piece of strange wood, smells like walnut but doesn't look much like it.

Darrell
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[PenWorks]

I guess I should head down to the local Salvation Army and see what is in stock [] Very nice job on the pens Darrell. I like the transitions to the different woods. Anthony

 

[dougle40]

Thats a great way of re-cycling wood . Something I would have never thought of , gotta start opening my mind more and taking a closer look at things to see what the possible outcomes <b>could</b> be !!

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Wow Darrell, those are great. Don't know what the mistry wood is but it sure turned out great ijn the pen!

 

[wayneis]

Darrell how hard does it seem to you. I was going to make a guess but then I remembered someone that would have a much greater chance of getting the answer. David Borek is the most knowledgeable person that I know cencerning wood. I would try emailing him.

Wayne

 

[dmadis]

The wood seemed a trifle harder than walnut, also the grain doesn't have the openess of walnut. And the dark heartwood (?) has a sort of golden chatoyance unlike walnut.

Darrell