Thread: A few Conkerberry EBs

Good recovery Neil!!, nice pens. Amos

Very nice Neil

Dam! so that's what conkerberry is supposed to look like my one and only conkerberry pen from that stuff is just a light greyish color,no wonder no one wants it hehe. I suppose I could say it's "aged " conkerberry
Good to see you are getting a little more able to enjoy the addiction a bit more ,think I might pull my one apart and find some decent "dressing " for it ! cheers ~ John

Hey Neil,

Very Nice pens, where does Conkaberry come from (I know Trees from the ground) but where abouts. Where would I look for some??

HazzaB

Originally Posted by HazzaB

Hey Neil,

Very Nice pens, where does Conkaberry come from (I know Trees from the ground) but where abouts. Where would I look for some??

HazzaB

G'day Hazza

The botanical name of Conkerberry is Carissa lanceolata, and it is a Central Australian arid country plant, also known as Native Plum. It is really only a bush, and so it can be hard to get pieces much bigger than a pen blank anyhow. Its heartwood is a rich orange colour.

I obtained my pieces from Stan Ceglinski of Mullumbimby Woodworks (http://www.mullumbimbywoodworks.com.au) at the Canberra TWWWS, but it can be hard to source.

Nice pens

I like Conkaberry it is very nice to turn and wonderful colour. I have been putting them with chrome finished pens I think the timber stands out a bit better IMHO

Originally Posted by Tornatus

The botanical name of Conkerberry is Carissa lanceolata, and it is a Central Australian arid country plant, also known as Native Plum. It is really only a bush, and so it can be hard to get pieces much bigger than a pen blank anyhow. Its heartwood is a rich orange colour.

Also, the white ants love it, so even when you get a decent trunk, it is usually hollow (like my pieces). This is why I'm using the other pieces as worthless wood blanks.

Originally Posted by Rum Pig

Nice pens

I like Conkaberry it is very nice to turn and wonderful colour. I have been putting them with chrome finished pens I think the timber stands out a bit better IMHO

Yeh, the gold doesn't seem to suit as well as I first thought, I hadn't thought of chrome. I'll have to see what kits I've got, most are either gold or blank Ti, but their could be a silver/chrome one in there.

Well done a great set of pens.

Nice Neil but I rhink Chrome or black chrrome may be better suited to that style of pen.
Is you C/berry all as dark as that, or is it the photo?

John: Conkerberry can have an amazing range of colours in the growth rings, greys with touches of green and other un-named colours.

I think I know where there is a C/berry tree after seeing that photo wm460. I hope it is still there when I get back to Oz.

Outstanding looking timber and the pens look nice also.

Neil, excellent pens. I don't think one could go wrong with any plating on such a rich colored wood. The color reminds me of Ancient Kauri Pine, Agathis australis. Does it have that deep, almost 3-D look to it when polished? (chatoyance)

wm460-What book is that? I like the format. I may just have to add that to my "woodie" library. Everybody promise not to tell my wife that I may buy another wood book. Thanks.

Originally Posted by artme

Is you C/berry all as dark as that, or is it the photo?

The photo shows it as a orangy brown (to me anyway) wheras it is more a bright orange

Originally Posted by BlankBrain

Does it have that deep, almost 3-D look to it when polished? (chatoyance)

The timber often does, but these blanks don't

very nice pens, the wood is a nice color by the photos

have a friend from way up north that was talking about it, may have to see if he is still able to harvest any

MIK