Thread: Package from Oz..

Next skite will be the results of applying very sharp HSS to rapidly spinning timber!

Good to see it all arrived safely (and Customs didn't swipe any of it)

Glad you liked the pens, I thought the initials would be a nice touch

Have fun turning all those blanks, they were some of the best I had..
The two silkys will be very different colours, the uglier blank is very grey for some reason..

Oh and whaddya think of the finish on the Red Cedar Slimline? CA then DO..

Originally Posted by funkychicken

Good to see it all arrived safely (and Customs didn't swipe any of it)

Glad you liked the pens, I thought the initials would be a nice touch

Have fun turning all those blanks, they were some of the best I had..
The two silkys will be very different colours, the uglier blank is very grey for some reason..

Oh and whaddya think of the finish on the Red Cedar Slimline? CA then DO..

That's a nice finish. I haven't tried DO on pens yet, I'll have to try that. I wasn't sure if that was the cedar or bloodwood. It has a nice feel to it.

I'm not worried about the gray in the silky oak. So far when I've turned that, it seems like the gray parts are where a nice figuring starts to show. I turned a small goblet out of it and the grain patterns in the darker parts looked like some sort of alien skin..

The DO was put on to cover up some mistakes actually Who new it'd turn out that spiffy

When I was talking about the grey silky I was talking about the colour difference between pieces, I'd never seen silky that grey colour (which you'll see when you turn it) in a piece before.

I wrote the names of the timbers of the pens on the note didn't I?

oh, that reminds me, i have to send of a package to both of you guys ( funky and new london ).

both will be sent this week

you haven't got one for me do you Stirlo?
Shame about the splits in some of the blanks London. The grey colour in the silky is most probably the sapwood. If you like our soft, pale open-grained Silky Oak, you would go nuts over Hairy Oak, Bull Oak, Rose & WA SheOak

Originally Posted by ss_11000

oh, that reminds me, i have to send of a package to both of you guys ( funky and new london ).

both will be sent this week

Does that mean your package arrived?

Originally Posted by rowie

you haven't got one for me do you Stirlo?

i havent got them all made yet! sorry bout the legnth of time. i will send you a pm explaining.

Originally Posted by NewLondon88

Does that mean your package arrived?

sure did, i sent you a pm. didnt you get it

Originally Posted by rowie

The grey colour in the silky is most probably the sapwood. If you like our soft, pale open-grained Silky Oak, you would go nuts over Hairy Oak, Bull Oak, Rose & WA SheOak

You're probably right about the sapwood

I put some casuarinas in the package, he should have fun with them..