Thread: Found wood - paperbark

Sue will not be impressed if she finds out whats been in the MW

well done on the pen Nick

Looks awsome mate!
Now where to find paperbark
Mitch

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Sue will not be impressed if she finds out whats been in the MW

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Shh

nice pen nick love the spalting

that's really interesting looking with the small random spalting in the straight grain.Rally shows up with the wood so dark, I like it.

A unique looking timber Nick!
The spalting gives the timber some nice contrast.
Cigar fit and finish look great!
Well done.

Les

Using whatever we can find, buy, see in timber can result in quite an expenditure to save money. It is the challenge to resurrect or diminish that counts.

My experiences with various objects makes me certain the sellers of high class timber blanks provide us very cheaply outstanding examples of variation, colour following selectivity, a friend of mine recently produced 5,000 outstanding Aussie Burl Blanks for sale in the USA an extraordinary feat. The culling pile is enormous and show the gulf between the cost of cast blanks and extraordinary timber.

Enjoy your found road kill Paper Bark, search for more and different timbers the chase is important follow the street tree prunings and removal, be prepared for the long wait to utilise it from large pieces. The quest is part of the obsession.

The Chocolate colouring deepened with finishing, the flecking from the spalting created relief and interest. I can see you enjoyed the process. Good luck on the Microwave sharing program. Neat pen.

Kind regards Peter.

Hi Nick,

I've always found Paper Back (that's a Melaleuca, right?) to be pretty boring, so well done with this one. The spalting really makes it pretty schmick

Cheers,
Dave

Very nice I have not tried Melaleuca (that is what we call them up here) yet but now I will look harder for some. Well done

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Sue will not be impressed if she finds out whats been in the MW

well done on the pen Nick

That is why I bought SWMBO a new microwave. She think I bought it for her Old one now in my shed

Very nice Nick you struck a winner when you found the spalting.

Originally Posted by Rum Pig

That is why I bought SWMBO a new microwave. She think I bought it for her Old one now in my shed

Gee! you guys are so sneaky, how can you live with yourself?

Great looking pen Nick.

What do I think? I like it!!

Agree with Ozkaban about Paperbark but you can get interesting bits if you are prepared to take the time!