Thread: First pen for April

Very nice job

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SECOND PEN FOR APRIL

Ok, Gab, keeping your challenge going here is my second pen using blanks from the storage shed, but the blank is (again) from Ironwood's shed - not mine. This is a Sierra kit using his Pascoe Grevillea blank - the timber was found on the road near the Pascoe River near Cape York, so has travelled from there to near Mackay to its new home in Sydney. Thanks, Brad.

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Originally Posted by bdar

I have made my first pen for April. It isn't the magical unicorn, cocobolo burl though. This pen is special for many other reasons. This is a shedded cast from the snakeman Ian Allen which is special in itself, but this pen is special for another reason. I received this blank when I swapped it with Tony Marron who was a great loss to the pen turning community over a year ago. This is why I chose th I as my first pen of my private stash.

Good stuff Darren. Tony's passing was a shock, so I can imagine how much that blank/pen means to you. Thanks for posting it.
I still have a couple of pens I made with Ians snake skin blanks, I gifted a Sierra with one of Ians blanks, to a work colleague just recently who is a reptile lover, he loved that pen.

Originally Posted by Gary H

SECOND PEN FOR APRIL

Ok, Gab, keeping your challenge going here is my second pen using blanks from the storage shed, but the blank is (again) from Ironwood's shed - not mine. This is a Sierra kit using his Pascoe Grevillea blank - the timber was found on the road near the Pascoe River near Cape York, so has travelled from there to near Mackay to its new home in Sydney. Thanks, Brad.

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Looking good Gary. But we have to change that timbers name to "Pascoe She-Oak" after the discussion we had just recently. Euge and IanW proved it not to be a Grevillea after all.

Sorry Bdar, I wasn't trying to hone in on your post - stupid here thought he was posting to the April Challenge thread . And thanks, Brad, I will change the name to Pascoe She-Oak (as well as correct, it's also easier to spell!).

Cheers, Gary

Originally Posted by Gary H

Sorry Bdar, I wasn't trying to hone in on your post - stupid here thought he was posting to the April Challenge thread . And thanks, Brad, I will change the name to Pascoe She-Oak (as well as correct, it's also easier to spell!).

Cheers, Gary

Gary all good brother. The Pascoe she oak is a nice timber. I was at the local guild the other week and they were going to throw out 2 she oak hearts that had pipe running through the middle. Was told no one wanted it. With a bit of selective cutting I got a bit out of it, 14 boards all up.20190323_093402_1553311288896.jpeg20190323_093542_1553311403480.jpeg20190323_093750_1553311674126.jpeg20190323_093904_1553311917505.jpeg20190323_093608_1553311469228.jpeg

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