corn cob pen

[Guest]

While showing some pens this weekend I was asked what I made them out of.
I replied anything from exotic woods to antlere with plywood in between.
I added that Iwould like to try a corn cob pen.
The guy said he had some cobs drying in his shop for 3 years.He soaks them with kerosene and usees them to start his wood stove.
He came back a couple of hours later with a bag of cobs for me.
My wife is mailing him the first pen as I write this.
The instructions on the home page were excellent.
I added the CA finishing technique from the forum also.


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[bjackman]

Looks Good!

 

[tipusnr]

Well done. So many pens...so little time! You guys are setting some pretty high standards - thanks!

 

[Matt Bridges]

What's the best way to dry cobs after you've eaten the corn off? Just hang em up in a bag or something?

Matt

 

[Rudy Vey]

..that's the nicest corn cob pen I have seen so far - good job
Rudy

 

[jbjwood2000]

Really nice pen! is that a slimline without the center band? keep up the good work.

 

[William Young]

Very, very nice .
I too wonder if it is a slimline without the band and is it a common thing to not use the band? Just curious.
Also, is that the centre core of the cob that you use to make the blank ?
W.Y.

 

[Guest]

Rudy JB and William
Yep slimline w/out the band,I hate those bands. I wonder if I can sell them to Cross?

 

[melogic]

Very Nice! I'm getting up the nerve to try one of these myself.

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Wow, That's beautiful. I have some dried up indian corn to try! So many choices, I'm getting dizzy. Now if only I had a maid I could spend more time in the shop!

 

[Old Griz]

I don't attempt to dry my own corn cobs from the sweet corn we eat (and grow... have 1.5 acres of the stuff)...It takes too long for the wet cobs to dry and they really attract flies and insects like crazy... Also the boiling softens the cobs real bad and leaves them spongy.. I tried to dry some in a warm oven and they just felt bad and soft..
If there are no dried feed corn husks at my neighbors farm.. I go the the pet store and buy the dried corn sold for feeding birds and squirrels and just scrape off the kernels...