MesquiteMan
Retired Head Moderator
This is a cigar pen made from a native Texas tree/bush called Capul Negro. It is not a wood that is commercially available and to my knowledge, has not been used to make a pen before. Here is a link to a site with more information about the tree for anyone who is interested.http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/coho.htm
The blank for this pen came from a tree that we removed at a site where we are doing some amateur archaeology. The "Arrowhead" used for the prop was found at the site the tree came from!
Anyway, this particular piece was a root section that was pretty much falling apart. I let it dry and then found out that a fair amount of the black area was actually dirt! I remove the dirt and cast the blank with some resin to fill in the missing parts to end up with this pen.
Comments appreciated!
The blank for this pen came from a tree that we removed at a site where we are doing some amateur archaeology. The "Arrowhead" used for the prop was found at the site the tree came from!
Anyway, this particular piece was a root section that was pretty much falling apart. I let it dry and then found out that a fair amount of the black area was actually dirt! I remove the dirt and cast the blank with some resin to fill in the missing parts to end up with this pen.
Comments appreciated!