jd99
Member
Asked my brother if he ever comes across some wood from his buddies to gather it up and send it to me and I'll make them some pens. (he lives in Oregon, and his buddies run log milling operations)
He sent me some show quality maple burl, and also some Hawthorn and Yew, the maple burl is not an issue, but the other two (Hawthorn and Yew) are kind of plane looking I cut the blanks as cross cut, and the yew looks like it might be a decent blank, but the hawthorn I'm thinking I might need to use something to pop the grain.
Any of you ever turned Hawthorn or Yew? If so how did the pens turn out and what if anything did you do the make the grain pop?
He sent me some show quality maple burl, and also some Hawthorn and Yew, the maple burl is not an issue, but the other two (Hawthorn and Yew) are kind of plane looking I cut the blanks as cross cut, and the yew looks like it might be a decent blank, but the hawthorn I'm thinking I might need to use something to pop the grain.
Any of you ever turned Hawthorn or Yew? If so how did the pens turn out and what if anything did you do the make the grain pop?