Thread: Suffering Sassafras!!

Very nice shape and finish, but from here it looks as if the pen winds out a little too much. Does it wind back in far enough?

Great work

Joash

that is beautiful wood. I love that sassafras. Really nice
Toni

Its a bit dificult to see from the photo.... so how does the sassy look in person.
I've got some sassy that I' must spin a bit up.

cheers

Nice piece of timber, Not to sure about the shape :confused: .

Maybe the beads could be further up, so they sit just before the nib bit on the clip :confused: .

The skirt up the other way :confused: .

Not knocking ya pen, just my opinion .

Yes, even though it shows that you are able to, and have experience, if you can do all those shapes etc: A pen still looks best simple and plain

Joash, it winds in ok, and somehow i agree that often a simple and plain pen looks just great, in fact the photo does'nt do this pen justice as far as the grain goes Soundman, there is a vivid contrst in the black and brown in it, Djstimber I also agree that it would look much better if the nib sat in the groove, but i can't picture the skirt the other way, so I will have to make a mate for it and correct the faults. Amos

Oh no pen turning is getting to you too. Always just need to do one more see it better than the last...UHOH!!
Toni

it is a great addiction to have Amos

i for one enjoy doing irregular shaped pens, just for something different.
amos, i think your pen looks cool, you've got a pretty good finish and a nice peice of wood ( right at the end of the clip looks awesome )

Very special design,if you keep the pen shorten the refill. It can stay open at the computer all the time.Never did see a pen like that. Great effort.
Peter.

I think the shape is great - so are the wood and workmanship.
One of the few "fancy" pens that has the beads etc where they won't get in the way of my grip.

Would be a user for me.

Brian , thank you, Has South Africa got any fancy wood that has turned out really well??, if so, post them so we can all have a look and drool. AMOS

I'm still at the stage where I'm ducking chunks of crapiata (or our local equivalent). There are many good turning woods but I haven't laid out the $$ - with my current skills I might as well just burn the notes and that's illegal over here.
I will post some links to local turning sites when I learn how to do that.

Was looking in my stash at Black Ebony,Pink Ivory,Wenge etc Africa could do with a swap for Aussie Burl,Tiger Myrtle,Burl Huon Pine etc.Give me a contact we here to you there.Friend grew up in Kenya visited this year brought me back top black ebony in the form of a walking stick,problem it was all carved by the time I got it,planned to use it plain for pens sigh.
Regards Peter