MesquiteMan
Retired Head Moderator
Here is what I consider the best pen that I have ever made! I have been offered $300 for it and have turned it down! It is Mescalbean (Sophora secundiflora) Root Burl that was cast with gold swirl Alumilite resin to fill in the missing wood.
Mescalbean, also know as Texas Mountain Laurel, is a shrub that grows in Central Texas. It produces red beans about the size of a kidney bean that is so toxic, one bean will kill a human. Archaeological evidence shows that Mescalbean was used by Native Americans as a hallucinogenic and is considered by many to be the predecessor to Peyote! Mescalbean wood is not available commercially and to my knowledge, I was the first person to use it for pens and woodturning in general.
This is a black titanium Majestic that I purchased in the PSI Father's day special. I really like this kit a lot.
Thanks for looking. As always, the pictures do not even come close to doing the pen justice.
Mescalbean, also know as Texas Mountain Laurel, is a shrub that grows in Central Texas. It produces red beans about the size of a kidney bean that is so toxic, one bean will kill a human. Archaeological evidence shows that Mescalbean was used by Native Americans as a hallucinogenic and is considered by many to be the predecessor to Peyote! Mescalbean wood is not available commercially and to my knowledge, I was the first person to use it for pens and woodturning in general.
This is a black titanium Majestic that I purchased in the PSI Father's day special. I really like this kit a lot.
Thanks for looking. As always, the pictures do not even come close to doing the pen justice.