Stabilized Ancient Bison Bone Jr. Statesman

[MesquiteMan]

It has been a while since I have made a pen, let alone posted a photo. This is a pen I have been working on for a while now and finally got finished. It is made from a piece of approximately 3,000 year old ancient bison bone that I personally dug up while doing some amateur archaeology. I know its approximate age due to the native American artifacts found on the same layer and this has been confirmed by a professional archaeologist.

It was a real bear to turn due to all the dirt that was in the bone. I had to stop and sharpen my tools after every single pass so it was very slow going. The finish is CA, of course. The first pic shows a piece of similar bone this was made from and the second pic shows one of the artifacts I found at this dig.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Lenny]

Wow! That is incredible!
I'm sure that is one pen that will stay in your collection!

 

[Younka]

Now that is cool, very nice job it looks amazing!!

 

[Brian Davis]

Love it wow

 

[IPD_Mr]

This is a true testament about your "Juice". Oh and the pen is pretty flippin awesome too.

 

[hewunch]

Reminds me of whale bone. Very nice.

 

[ironman123]

Way to go Curtis. Looks great.

Ray

 

[el_d]

Nice.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!Was it as porous as the whale flipper bone?

 

[MesquiteMan]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!Was it as porous as the whale flipper bone?

No, it was not nearly as porous! It still took 3 trips through the stabilizing system and of course I still had to do some thin CA work.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

 

[renowb]

Awesome!

 

[boxerman]

Awesome looking pen.

 

[ryvnd2001]

That's a keeper Curtis. You did a wonderful job!

 

[OOPS]

This is one thing you'll never hear-- "Yeah, I got one just like it!" Really cool pen, with a great story.

 

[thewishman]

(In a Gomer Pyle voice) GOooOOLLLLY!

That is very cool!

 

[tkbarron]

Very very nice work. This gives me inspiration to visit the NY Museum of Natural History to collect dinosaur bones...

Tom

 

[gbpens]

There's no measuring the value on this one! Extraordinary.

 

[firewhatfire]

you need a box to put that in for safe keeping? I have one here, just send over and I will box it up. Of course I will keep it here for safe keeping.

 

[Robert111]

Man, that's a nice pen!

 

[gvanweerd]

WOW!

 

[76winger]

Wow, I'm just constantly amazed at the unique materials you guys keep coming up with for making pens from in here.

 

[fiferb]

Now there's something I haven't seen before! Terrific! Thanks for sharing.

 

[weasel1219]

Awesome work, just to know that this was once an ancient beast and now is a work of art.
Great job...Don't give up turning, your work is inspiring.

 

[glycerine]

That's super cool!!!

 

[PenMan1]

Nicely done, Curtis!

 

[johncrane]

Unique! and Awesome great looking pen Curtis!

 

[Brooks803]

very cool Curtis!

 

[wizard]

Curtis, That is an over the top archeological artifact made into a writing instrument..Definitely a heirloom too be passed down..Incredible!
I would be scared that I would accidentally drop it Doc

 

[terryf]

and all this time I didn't think you were a turner, just a hired gun to keep us mere mortals in our place :tongue:

Lovely work Curtis! I know the feeling of having to sharpen after every turn so I feel your pain! And I'll just bet the photos dont do it justice either.

 

[WildThings]

That is beyond sweet!!