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  1. 7th January 2007, 10:00 PM #1
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    Default Seventeen Pens Going to Holland

    My brother-in-law is going to Holland to see his dying brother-in-law. He is going for 3 months and will visiting all his relatives and he asked me to make some pens for him to give as gifts.

    So I started on Friday with quite a few breaks in between and finished 17 of them this afternoon.

    I made them from 17 different species of timber all slimlines.

    Species as follows from left to right.

    Syrian Batu
    Fiddleback Redgum
    Sassafrass
    Mango
    Coolabah Burl
    Australian Red Cedar
    Mahogany
    Tasmanian Oak
    Cypress Pine
    Broughton Willow
    Camphor Laurel
    Birdseye Huon Pine
    Jarrah
    Cypress Pine
    Forest Oak
    Mallee Burl on the bottom, Northern NSW Blackwood
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  3. 7th January 2007, 10:05 PM #2
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    En zij zijn ook zeer goede pennen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozwinner View Post
    En zij zijn ook zeer goede pennen.

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    It's all double dutch to me Al. I am dinki di through and through. I only speak and understand Orstrailan.
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    Me to Baz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozwinner View Post
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    Direct translation.

    And they are also very good scribble

    Thanks for the compliment but in good Orstralian it is bordering on double dutch and probably what my brother in law would say in his dutch accent and I would have trouble understanding him.
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  7. 7th January 2007, 10:36 PM #6
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    Looks like you have been a busy little beaver there Bazza. A nice looking group of pens there
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    very nice you family will enjoy them
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    You have been busy Bazza. Nice timbers and finish. Can't say I like the shape, doesn't sit well in my hand, but perhaps that's just me.
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    I like them. Well exucuted all look the same good craftmanship.
    I have done so much for so long with so little I can now do almost anything with nothing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jude A View Post
    I like them. Well exucuted all look the same good craftmanship.
    Yes they do don't they, kinda like when you go into the upmarket shop and ask the shopkeeper to show his best pens and comes out with...
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    They sure are different when you see the timbers alongside one another,I too choose to fatten the tops more,it gives more weight balance not to take away from your pens though,you will be the favoured one with your family. I received your pm also DJ.s re blanks. Regards Peter
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    Very nice Bazza.

    Good to see them alongside one another shows the timbers up

    You might be the next best thing in pens this year in Holland






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    WOW Bazza , there are going to be some very happy people in Holland with some lovely pens. Nice selection of timbers.
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    Hey Bazza nice work on your pens good finish and transition form components to barrels. Personally not a fan of the wasp waist bodied pens, but that's just me. What part of the Netherlands are the pens going to? I have two sisters that live there, one in Den Bosch and the other in Valkenswaard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bdar View Post
    Hey Bazza nice work on your pens good finish and transition form components to barrels. Personally not a fan of the wasp waist bodied pens, but that's just me. What part of the Netherlands are the pens going to? I have two sisters that live there, one in Den Bosch and the other in Valkenswaard.
    Thanks for the compliment bdar.

    I'm not sure where he is going except to Amsterdam but he has relatives all over Holland and is spending 3 months there. He has or had about seven brothers and sisters and he is 70 years old so he would certainly have a few relatives.
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