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Allen: Well done and I sure like the use of the Sycamore and some time you can get some great looking grain. We have lot of it out in...

Beautiful work and timber.

Hi everyone, after my birthday on the 18 of last month I was thinking of how many years I have been wood turning, I used to say I have...

Last year a friend gave me a few branches of a sycamore, that he had taken down, to cut up for firewood. I made this pen from a bit of...

I really had to pull the two pieces, like scary hard, but I got it! Thanks, Alan. G

Glad you got the parts separated. BTW, that is a very nice pen.

@KFrisbie makes some really nice micarta blanks from military BDU's and may have something for Navy

Beautiful pens! Urushi...thought that sounded familiar. "Allergies: Urushi contains urushiol, the same oil that causes allergic...

FWIW, I have salvaged blanks from a maple cutting board that my wife put in the dishwasher. Came out in two pieces.

Drop Anchor Creations has several military-themed blanks, including USN. In fact, IIRC, they are Navy veterans...

Oh I like that sycamore, I’m always on the lookout for lighter woods to use in segmenting. The pen you made is really nice.

It's a while since I have posted something on IAP. Now, I added a new fountain Pen Model to the collection, a "Kawaakari" pen with flat...

Hi everyone, after my birthday on the 18 of last month I was thinking of how many years I have been wood turning, I used to say I have...

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Awesome work.