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Thread: Manchurian Pear burl & Trustone
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16th February 2014, 12:32 PM #1
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Manchurian Pear burl & Trustone
I picked up a nice little stash of Manchurian Pear last week and one of the sticks had a very small burl on it. Not quite big enough for a complete pen but enough to be worth having a play with. I drilled and glued it then turned down to a bit bigger than finished diameter then trimmed off the ends back to the tube, added the purple trustone sections and turned to finished dimension. I think it would have looked better on a gold kit rather than the gun metal but that's all I had in stock here
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16th February 2014, 02:49 PM #2
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An very attractive pen, a bit of work went into that, well done, Amos
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16th February 2014, 03:07 PM #3
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WOW!!!
very nice Corbs, the truestone really adds some character
nice find on the burl as well
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16th February 2014, 03:24 PM #4
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Nice work, like the burl, never seen that one before.
Agree that the gold kit would have added that extra touch.
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16th February 2014, 08:00 PM #5
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That is one classy pen Corbs!!. Well done!!
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16th February 2014, 08:30 PM #6
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That looks cool, nice job Andrew.
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16th February 2014, 11:16 PM #7
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Great looking pen Corbs
ps: it looks like a Gall, not a burlNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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17th February 2014, 12:02 AM #8
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Very nice looking pen indeed. My choice would have been silver not gold. Over all I do like the way you have got that stunning effect. Well done.
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17th February 2014, 09:11 AM #9
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What started out as a shortcoming of the blank (being too short) has resulted in a very desireable pen, due to a bit of smart thinking on your part.
Well done.Brad.
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17th February 2014, 05:55 PM #10
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Thanks team for the high fives. Neil, I hadn't heard of a gall before so I checked them out. I think you might be right on it being a gall and thanks for broadening my knowledge
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