egnald
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Greetings from Nebraska.
I received my package of Old Growth Redwood Burl blanks from Rocky (rockb) this afternoon so I just had to turn a pen from them. It is wrapped around a Bear Tooth Woods Antique Copper Cigar kit.
I was surprised that someone hadn't grabbed the blanks up before me as they were posted on the For Sale forum for over a week. Not only are the blanks very attractive, they have quite a story behind them. Rocky's Redwood comes from near what was Falk in Humboldt County, California in the heart of redwood country. What remains of Falk is a reconstructed train barn at the end of a spooky trail through the redwood forests of Humboldt County. Falk sprang up around the Falk lumber mill in 1884 where it thrived with a population of over 400 until 1937 when the great depression forced the mill to close down. Over the next few years, the town was abandoned and it became a ghost town. The land owner, Elk River Lumber Company, burned and demolished the buildings in 1979 due to liability concerns.
It is hard to describe shear size of the massive redwood burl stumps and root balls that are found in that area - the remains of trees that were a thousand years old when they were cut down. There are pictures of some of them on Rocky's web site - really amazing stuff.
Anyhow, here are the pictures of the pen - Dave
Pictures as the pen was rotated
I received my package of Old Growth Redwood Burl blanks from Rocky (rockb) this afternoon so I just had to turn a pen from them. It is wrapped around a Bear Tooth Woods Antique Copper Cigar kit.
I was surprised that someone hadn't grabbed the blanks up before me as they were posted on the For Sale forum for over a week. Not only are the blanks very attractive, they have quite a story behind them. Rocky's Redwood comes from near what was Falk in Humboldt County, California in the heart of redwood country. What remains of Falk is a reconstructed train barn at the end of a spooky trail through the redwood forests of Humboldt County. Falk sprang up around the Falk lumber mill in 1884 where it thrived with a population of over 400 until 1937 when the great depression forced the mill to close down. Over the next few years, the town was abandoned and it became a ghost town. The land owner, Elk River Lumber Company, burned and demolished the buildings in 1979 due to liability concerns.
It is hard to describe shear size of the massive redwood burl stumps and root balls that are found in that area - the remains of trees that were a thousand years old when they were cut down. There are pictures of some of them on Rocky's web site - really amazing stuff.
Anyhow, here are the pictures of the pen - Dave
Pictures as the pen was rotated
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