I have to steal some more of this!

[bsshog40]

Well it's really not stealing unless I cut it from a live tree. I drive around to oil rigs all day and when I have the time, I check out the sides of the lease roads for mesquite branches that have been cleared for the road. Most are rotted or have cracks in them that are unusable. I found a piece about 3 weeks ago that looked like I may be able to use. Cut off the cracked ends and started squaring the piece. It turned out that I was able to salvage one pen blank from it. Love this West Tx mesquite wood. Pen has a CA finish.

 

[Gary Beasley]

Wonderful F.O.G. wood!

 

[Dieseldoc]

Bobby: great pairing with that kit, good work.

 

[bsshog40]

Bobby: great pairing with that kit, good work.

Thanks Charlie! I forgot to add that it was Cigar Pen.

 

[DrD]

Good looking cigar you have there.

 

[thebillofwrites]

Great looking pen!
I also love Mesquite and have made many pens from it.
BUT, I developed a scary reaction to the sanding dust from it after a while.
Be sure to use adequate dust collection and a respirator with this, and many woods!

 

[1080Wayne]

Looks great , but you might find that some of the rotted and cracked pieces would look even better , with a bit of stabilization and/or casting .

 

[robutacion]

Well, you may not have the quantity but you have the quality and uniqueness, that should count for something, in my opinion.

Nice looking pen, congrats.

Cheers
George

 

[Alan Morrison]

Good looking bit of ' road kill '

 

[tiggere]

Beautiful pen!

 

[bsshog40]

Looks great , but you might find that some of the rotted and cracked pieces would look even better , with a bit of stabilization and/or casting .

Yea, I don't get into any casting & stabilization at this time.

 

[FrankH]

Beautiful pen - worth the effort you went to find it.