Ancient redgum Harold fountain pen

[CjG78]

made this yesterday. Absolutely beautiful kit

 

[howsitwork]

very nicely done but has the finish darkened the wood somewhat ? Haven't tried red gum as yet .

 

[Jim15]

Looks great.

 

[magpens]

Nice ! .... NICE !! .... VERY NICE !!!!

Please tell us more about the wood ..... can you post a pic of a piece before turning, please ? . Thanks

 

[Lucky2]

I don't know about the Kit, but I do know that, it's an absolutely beautiful pen!

Len

 

[egnald]

Very Cool. Was it submerged in a bog or something? I noticed the word Ancient in the title, so I assumed that it may have been buried or something that caused the tannins to make the wood very dark - kind of like the Ancient Kauri from New Zealand.
Regards,
Dave

 

[Alchemist]

Lovely pen!


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[CjG78]

very nicely done but has the finish darkened the wood somewhat ? Haven't tried red gum as yet .

Only slightly mate, it is extremely dark. Very similar to bog oak

 

[KJA]

made this yesterday. Absolutely beautiful kitView attachment 245401View attachment 245402

Oh she's nice she is. Don't mind turning Reg Gum will have to get some of the ancient stuff to give a burl

 

[CjG78]

Nice ! .... NICE !! .... VERY NICE !!!!

Please tell us more about the wood ..... can you post a pic of a piece before turning, please ? . Thanks

Nice ! .... NICE !! .... VERY NICE !!!!

Please tell us more about the wood ..... can you post a pic of a piece before turning, please ? . Thanks

Thanks mate!!
It's quite dark. Received some off an elderly turner over here. Pre historic redgums were pushed over into the murray River, and over time the timber absorbs minerals from the silt and fossilizing it essentially!! This piece on the right is the piece used mate

 

[magpens]

@CjG78

Thanks very much, Casey !!!!

Thanks also to the Muddy Ol' Murray !!!!!

 

[robutacion]

I haven't seen you in a while...!
I haven't seen a piece of Ancient Red Gum for some time, it certainly turned very dark. I have the regular Red Gum and the Colonial Red Gum, Colonial means that the wood has been cut in the Colonial times of 1850's a bit earlier or a bit later but Ancient means just that, many years older than Colonial and if either buried on in the water, the wood will darken even more such as your blanks.

Great pen mate, congrats.

Cheers
George