Thread: Another source of wood

Looks a bit like Black Palm. How does it turn/polish etc?

How can you not love this place! I would never have though of wood ladels as a source of wood. Brilliant! (Not to mention great wood).

Thanks for the heads up Peter


Rick

Peter, good thinking, what shop did you see them , Amos

Come on Peter spill the beans or have you captured the market on them.

I see the shopping trolley has been put to good use Peter now you just have to let us all know where to shop. the suspense is killing me.

Really regret the blocking on this site.
Short answer the Sugar Palm is brought in from Thailand from a collective.They are sold out in ladles.The importers will visit the Thais before xmas and get stems only for me in quantity to save me and you money and them the shaping xtra material etc. Have fun looking Peter

Big W is selling wooden & slotted spoons in beech wood - a couple of $'s and probably a couple of pens!

I also bought a rolling pin and cut and glued it for celic crosses - my advice - start with square!! It caused me alot of grief because it was round to start with.

JD

It a desease isn't it....... evry little piece of wood is a potential pen.

Don't forget the garden prunings.

Camelia is certainly worth keeping.

cheers

From the same place today 2 of ebony turned and hand carved pens,one carved as an elephant one as a giraffe at the top.Because they are long the pics dont fit but I will use Slimline kit to change them then photograph them,these from a Kenyan national,he has necklaces with animal horn etc,very costly,as wellas ebony large beads,string of [email protected] each necklace.

The pens were 5.00 each unbelievable value.

I am excited at all the possibilities. Peter Just had a thought I will crop and try pics again.

Only able to reduce one pen,because it is so black no detail. Peter