Matanuska Forest Alaskan Birch in Nouveau Sceptre

[tgsean]

I love this timber, and like the pen a lot. Its easy to work with, comes up to a great finish. Learned an important lesson, that when you are sanding light timbers, get rid of the stainless steel bushings, as the black dust from the bushings can easily stain the wood. So next time I will use plastic bushings before sanding. I got the blanks from Exotic Timbers. It comes with a certificate of authenticity. My registrar who bought the pen, absolutely loved it. I would highly recommend this timber. I have not tried the birch burl. Does anyone from North America know if this is spalting on the timber, or is it the normal grain of the timber?

 

[StuartCovey]

Looks great! Nice fit and finish.

 

[Wooden_Pen_Turner_11]

For some reason, I saw birch but read pine. What a nice surprise! :biggrin: It looks great!

 

[ironman123]

Very good work on that pen.

Ray

 

[1080Wayne]

Birch spalts in different ways depending on conditions and fungi .That is one of the more attractive ones .

 

[Band Saw Box]

Beautiful pen. The blank is a great fit with the kit. Your fit and finish is spot on. Were can you find plastic bushings?

 

[Edgar]

Beautiful pen - sure looks like spalt to me. Very nice at that.

Dan - you can buy Delrin bushings from most any of the pen suppliers, but for about the same price, you can buy a 12" Delrin rod & make 6-8 sets yourself. Check out Zoro Tools (division of Grainger) on ebay.

 

[mrcook4570]

I can see why you love that timber. Beautiful pen!

 

[preacherman]

That is a beautiful pen! Very nice grain.

 

[OZturner]

What a Striking Pen, Sean.
I haven't seen Matanuska Forest Alaskan Birch, before, but I will keep a look out for it in the Future.
Great Pen Choice, and Terrific Fit and Finish.
What finish did you use Sean ?
Brian.

 

[Marko50]

Well Doc., another beautiful pen. Do you mind me asking what a "registrar" in Australia does? Your story is quite amazing.

 

[tgsean]

I used CA finish Brian

 

[tgsean]

Mark that is like a resident in the united states, a post graduate doctor or a specialist in training