hairy oak

**texx** · 19th February 2010, 04:14 PM

about a year ago i asked an old farmer here who lives a fair way out of town if he had any hairy oak on his place he said he did but was not keen on cutting any down so i let it drop .
anyway yesterday while i was out on my farm he dropped a piece of very dead very dry cracked up hairy oak to my wife in our shop in town , so last night i cross cut a few bits of it and drilled and glued ( and that was a challenge )today turned up a pen to give him as a thank you next time he comes to town which is normally only every 3 weeks or so .
working with this stuff ( my first time ) cross cut when its this old and dry is interesting to say the least , one blank even fell to bits while drilling ,it hates getting hot and falls to bits along the rays at the drop of a hat ,but i had a win in the end , still working on this guy he said i may be a chance next time he is up the back as he calls it there may be a few trees there that need to be cut

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**munruben** · 19th February 2010, 04:28 PM

Nicely done texx and a great little story to go with the pen. You have done a great job with the Hairy Oak. Crosscut is not the easiest to work with but you have done well. Nice finish too.

**artme** · 19th February 2010, 08:02 PM

Mmmmmmm.. very delectible.

**Sawdust Maker** · 19th February 2010, 10:16 PM

Next time he's in town let me know and I'll drop out to the back paddock

**texx** · 19th February 2010, 10:25 PM

just did another one tonight pic taken inside with flash .
did this one with the grain rather than across and gave it a gold kit instead of chrome .
it had 2 tiny little knots which i had to hit with some CA and one hair line crack which i cant even find now .
this stuff is very dry and quite fragile .
with a timber i have never used before i always like to do a couple with the cheaper kits first before i use it on a dearer kit .
i am getting a new blade for my clunker bandsaw ( meat saw ) on wednesday then i can slice up some more blanks .
i have 2 brand new broken blades for it that i have had 3 or 4 tries at rejoining with silver solder but failed every time . whats that got to do with these pens , nothing at all just me going off on another tangent .

**Ozkaban** · 19th February 2010, 10:30 PM

Love hairy oak, and they are great pens

My first pen was made from it, and I still like the look of it!

Cheers,
Dave

**HazzaB** · 19th February 2010, 10:56 PM

Hey Texx,

That looks awesome, If the old bloke goes silly and gives you a heap of bits I would be willing to Trade, If I have some thing that you need or want

drop us a PM.

HazzaB

**artme** · 20th February 2010, 07:45 AM

for the second one too Texx.

Doesn't matter how you cut HO it still looks great!!

**wheelinround** · 20th February 2010, 07:58 AM

Texx nice pens first one should be called "The Tiger Wood Pen"

**Øistein** · 24th February 2010, 06:11 AM

Really nice pens Texx.
I have tried Hairy Oak my self, I got two of theese penblanks from
Simomatra at 2009 Australia Day Pen Swap. I liked to work with them.
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Oeistein in Norway

**Rum Pig** · 24th February 2010, 08:38 AM

They are some nice pens well done

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