Thread: the week that was

All look very nice ,well the huon is a bit ordinary hehe . Looks like you have been busy collecting nice bits of timber to play with hehe. Cheers ~ John

Nice set of pens... I have a secret pen at the moment too

Nice! I love the coolibah and the crab apple

all very very nice mick .
i turned that piece of buckeye ,and very soft stuff ,i worked out to late that you need to start with a much finer sandpaper grit than normal .( rekon i just was'nt thinking to well that day cos i should of known )
fitted it up to a gentlemans pen and then noticed a sanding mark quite deep too .
hence i never took any pics or made it public until now that i stuffed up .
anyway i did learn from it .

Mik, that is a mouth watering set of pens, I know what you mean re BuckEye burl-great stuff, the other Burls have beautiful character of their own. Huon can be eyecatching or just plain Huon-sometimes you give it a try and it come out very showy, other times just plain, that is where having spare brass tubes may help, you can try other turnings until you get the look you want. Amos

Very nice set of pens there MIK. Love the Coolibah>

Beautiful choice of timbers made into beautiful pen collection

A nice set of pens there
Not sure which I like the most - so send them all

thanks guys

the huon is fairly plain but has just a touch of character and the finish came up great so i thought it should live

texx pm me your address and i will send you another piece of buckeye, can't have someone not completing a buckeye pen, on buckeye i only use 400 sandpaper, i find that is plenty

thanks again for your kind coments

MIK

I think there are a few secret pens floating around at the moment

Nice pens I must make something out of Buckeye burl one day

Beautiful set of pens,well done,