MesquiteMan
Retired Head Moderator
I posted this over at TPS and thought you guys might like to see it as well. This is a hollowform made with Texas Spanish Oak Mistletoe Burl. Mistletoe attacks Spanish Oak pretty bad and attaches itself to the limbs of the tree. The "roots" of the mistletoe cause all kinds of deformed grain with a lot of burl type figure. It is not a "real" burl (whatever taht is) but does look awesome.
This particular piece is 5 1/2" diameter by 2 1/2" tall and has a Macassar Ebony collar. It was finished with Formby's Tung Oil finish and buffed on my Beal system.
Fortunately, I have a lot of this wood and currently have some cut up into pen blanks, drying. It should make some great pens!
Thanks for looking!
This particular piece is 5 1/2" diameter by 2 1/2" tall and has a Macassar Ebony collar. It was finished with Formby's Tung Oil finish and buffed on my Beal system.
Fortunately, I have a lot of this wood and currently have some cut up into pen blanks, drying. It should make some great pens!
Thanks for looking!