Hawthorn Bush!

[kkwall]

Hi All,

Another first for me today!


A friend gave me some "Hawthorn" wood, which is significant to the place that I live in, as the town is named after it. (Hawick) It comes from the old English for Haga-Wic - "Settlement surrounded by a hedge".


Anyway, I turned the first piece, and it made a very nice pen, and I made a matching stand to go along with it.


This is to be given as a gift to a local man for his 50th birthday.


Apparently it is classified as a Fruit wood.


Any comments welcome.

 

[DCBluesman]

Beautiful. I love hawthorne, but we almost never see it here in ths States.

 

[guts]

Kenny,that is very nice,wish i had some hawthorn to play with.

 

[jkoehler]

Nice set.
Is there a difference between Hawthorn and Buckthorn?
i have some Buckthorn that i am going to be cutting.
At least that is what my dad calls it.

 

[clthayer]

I have some buckthorn as well, it is an orange color and makes a nice pen. It was given to my by a friend who works for the state fish and game department. She called it glossy buckthorn.

Christian

 

[DCBluesman]

Buckthorn is a completely unrelated specie. Both woods are beautiful, though.

 

[NavyDiver]

Very nice!

 

[Ligget]

Great work Kenny!

 

[JudeA]

Very cool. Nice wood great fit

 

[TBone]

Good looking set, it has an interesting pattern in the wood

 

[kkwall]

Thanks everyone,


I'll certainly be making more of this!

It has proved to be very popular here in Hawick.


Will try some different styles and finishes on it, to see what works best.