Its been awhile since I posted any pens

[Old Lar]

Finally got caught up from finishing orders for Christmas gifts and got a little time to post a few.

The first is a spalted grapefruit electra; the second is caragana on a slim - this a wood used in this area in windbreaks; the next is sunfllower hull on a jr gent, popular in this country-not fun to make; the last is a closed end truestone fp - I love to make closed end pens.

Comments welcome...

 

[Younka]

I love the looks of all the pens!!
Great job!

 

[bobjackson]

Good looking set of pens. Love number 3. Great job.

 

[boxerman]

Very nice bunch of pens. I like 1st & 3rd pen.

 

[corian king]

Very nice pens.Great work! I really like number 3,

 

[BSea]

Add me to those that like #3. That is really interesting. Is there a place to order some similar blanks?

 

[sumterdad]

Very nice. I like all of them

 

[SDB777]

Those are all exceptional turnings!

Can't pick a favorite, but would like to know more about the sunflower blank. Where did it come from(or did you make it)? Do you need to turn a little then apply thin CA to keep it together?



Scott (awesome stuff) B

 

[D.Oliver]

Larry that's a great bunch of pens. I really like that caragana slim, but I can see how that sunflower hull pen would be popular with the farmers in your area.

 

[G1Pens]

All are extremely nice. I'm partial to the TruStone...and oddly for me the sunflower....I've never thought the cast sunflower husks ever looked good...but that one is awesome

 

[Whaler]

They are all top notch but that sunflower tops the list.

 

[Old Lar]

Thanks for the comments.

The sunflower hulls are very popular here in sunflower country. The blanks are called Dakota Burls that I bought somewhere on a closeout a couple years ago and brought out at the request of a customer. They are still available at CSUSA. (link below) I blew up a couple blanks trying to turn them with ca and turning tools. I now round them off on a belt sander and use 60 grit sandpaper to take them down to size. It isn't really turning, but hey, I am using the lathe to spin them. Whatever the customer wants.

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/s...ks___Dakota_Burl_Pen_Blank___dakota_burl?Args=

Thanks again.

 

[hewunch]

Larry, they all look good.