osage orange

I'm still new to pen turning and all self-taught, but so far I think it's going pretty well.

I'm a Florida State fan and one of our local high schools also has the same colors. The pen is a Classic Rollerball dressed in Red Cedar and Osage Orange/Hedge Apple/Bodock (whatever you want to call it.) Both are from Middle Tennessee. At any rate, it's not quite Garnet & Gold, but I think...

I need a new camera! Osage Orange wasn't orange enough, so "dyed" it with a red sharpie. It was my first experiment with CA-BLO and the top tube turned out great, the bottom tube is splotchy; good experiment tho. White oak is just burnished with canning wax. Thanks for looking! I promise...

Hi, Here are two filagree pens - one made from Osage Orange (given to me from a mate, Mark Priestly) and one made from Carob (as in the chocolate substitute). The Carob has an interesting provenance. It is from a tree planted by one of NSW Australia's first Governors, Lachlan Macquarie in...