Wild Muscadine Vine - Sierra

[Brooks803]

Made a post about how I got some cool wood from a friends house the other day and didn't have any pics till now. So no more "no pics, didn't happen" Went ahead and drilled out a piece that wasn't cracked and made a sierra outta it to see what it would look like. The grain pattern is really cool. It has a feather look to it. The vine I got was about 6ft long and I cut some 5 1/2" blanks that I might try casting to fill in the cracks. CA finish that's MM to 12000 and polished with PlastX. Comments always welcomed!

 

[maxman400]

CAST, CAST, CAST!! You will have some beautiful pens out of it, since I have started casting I find solid blanks boring. I look for cracked wood, worm holes and knots, any thing that will take some resin. I am looking at the pieces in your photo and thinking Blue pearl. Good Luck with it.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Very nice and I agree with Max, cast away!


(just don't sell them to Woodcraft:biggrin

 

[mrcook4570]

Very interesting wood. The pen looks great.

 

[hewunch]

Very nice and I agree with Max, cast away!


(just don't sell them to Woodcraft:biggrin

LOL!

Pen looks great, but I agree if it had some resin it would look better. Let me know if you want me to help you turn a piece :biggrin:

 

[robutacion]

Great looking stuff, pen and vines...!

Interesting that most vines have this look of paper-bark, the "wood" is formed of layers upon layers of these strips of material that forms to vine body...!
Your last pic is a good demonstration of this, both pen and vine positions, very nice...!:wink::biggrin:

PS: I agree, casting has given the whole pen blanks and wood world, a total different life and meaning/possibities, huh...???

Cheers
George

 

[Brooks803]

Very nice and I agree with Max, cast away!


(just don't sell them to Woodcraft:biggrin

LOL!

Pen looks great, but I agree if it had some resin it would look better. Let me know if you want me to help you turn a piece :biggrin:

woodcraft would be hard pressed to get anything from me, i'd rather buy and sell to members here and locally. Hans...don't you still have the very FIRST blank I ever cast that I gave you sitting on a shelf somewhere??? :tongue: j/k, ya know your my official blank tester.

 

[hewunch]

:redface: I think I do, yes. Sorry :redface:

 

[boxerman]

A very nice pen love the wood.

 

[workinforwood]

Looks really good.

 

[wizard]

Really nice pen. Interesting wood which I have never seen.