ROBINIA pseudoacacia

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Felled street tree in Canberra a long time ago a mate lucked out on a small piece of burl,whilst visiting him one time he gave me these two scraps. I have saved them. What prompted me to use it tonight was today my dust extractor chucked it in and I noted the warranty for the replacement is three yrs,I will be 90 in three yrs so when I installed the Shop Vac I picked up these blanks I regard as outstanding.The common name is Black Locust Burl,common I understand in the USA. I would love a walking stick of this classy stuff,I use one all the time now as soon as I set foot outside the house. So happy I rang my mate Casey in Melbourne to share with him.

 

[PatrickR]

Lovey pen Peter. You continue to make outstanding pieces.
black locust is a weedy, fast growing tree here. I have some that are 30+ feet and only 10 years old. They shoot up off of the roots far away from the main tree.

 

[Charlie_W]

Gorgeous pen Peter beautiful execution.
This is the type of pen one would see on the front page!

 

[leehljp]

That is an outstanding blank. Beautiful work!

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Very Nice! I also like the shape. I tried some Black Locust and it was nowhere near what you have. It wasn't a burl though.

 

[Dehn0045]

Looks like some light spalting too, looks amazing! My understanding is that black locusts are now grown pretty much worldwide on tree farm/plantations. Probably has something to do with their growth rate as noted by @PatrickR . I have a decent collection of black locust pen blanks, none of it spalted though, I may throw a couple of pieces out in the mud and see what happens

 

[Lucky2]

Looks like some light spalting too, looks amazing! My understanding is that black locusts are now grown pretty much worldwide on tree farm/plantations. Probably has something to do with their growth rate as noted by @PatrickR . I have a decent collection of black locust pen blanks, none of it spalted though, I may throw a couple of pieces out in the mud and see what happens

They will get muddy, that's what will happen.

Len

 

[howsitwork]

Peter

awesome as always.

 

[mark james]

Lovely finished pen Peter. I suspect your 'stash' would put most of us to shame... At age 61 I do have time to accumulate more, but I already have more blanks than I'll ever use, and Aussie timbers are much more vibrant than Ohio's Hickory, Beech, Ash, Oak and Sycamore.

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice Peter! That burl looks like a living creature.

 

[CjG78]

You hit a home tun with this beauty mate!!!

 

[Bryguy]

Lovely piece of wood! Makes a great pen.

 

[Kcimdrib]

Felled street tree in Canberra a long time ago a mate lucked out on a small piece of burl,whilst visiting him one time he gave me these two scraps. I have saved them. What prompted me to use it tonight was today my dust extractor chucked it in and I noted the warranty for the replacement is three yrs,I will be 90 in three yrs so when I installed the Shop Vac I picked up these blanks I regard as outstanding.The common name is Black Locust Burl,common I understand in the USA. I would love a walking stick of this classy stuff,I use one all the time now as soon as I set foot outside the house. So happy I rang my mate Casey in Melbourne to share with him.

A really great looking Pen fine work.

 

[Warren White]

As always, a fantastic bit of timber and a fantastic bit of workmanship. You 'da man!